William MacAskill
William MacAskill (born March 24, 1987 as William Crouch ) is a British philosopher at Oxford University . He founded and leads several organizations in the field of effective altruism and is considered a leading figure in the movement.
Life
MacAskill grew up in Glasgow . From 2005 to 2010 he studied philosophy at Cambridge and Oxford . From 2010 to 2014 he did his doctorate in Oxford under John Broome and Krister Bykvist on the topic of normative uncertainty. During this time he received a Fulbright Scholarship and spent time abroad at New York University and Princeton . Since August 2015 he has been an Associate Professor and Tutorial Fellow at Lincoln College, Oxford University.
In 2009 MacAskill and Toby Ord founded Giving What We Can. The organization advocates donating at least 10% of one's income and recommends donation targets. In 2011, MacAskill founded 80,000 Hours with Benjamin Todd, which advises people who want to shape their careers around the principles of effective altruism. The parent organization of the two nonprofits is the MacAskill-led Center for Effective Altruism.
MacAskill criticized the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge because it could induce participants to refrain from donating money, including to other organizations. 2015 he published a book Doing Good Better (German Good do better ), in which he puts forward arguments for the effective altruism and represents approaches to the evaluation of aid organizations.
Publications (selection)
- Doing Good Better - Effective Altruism and a Radical Way to Make a Difference . Guardian Faber, London 2015, ISBN 978-1-78335-049-0 .
- Doing good better. How we can change the world with effective altruism. Ullstein Verlag , Berlin 2016, ISBN 978-3-550-08140-8 (translated by Stephan Gebauer).
- With Toby Ord and Krister Byvist, Moral Uncertainty , Oxford University Press 2020, ISBN 978-0-19-872227-4 .
Web links
- MacAskill website
- Introduction to Utilitarianism An online textbook on utilitarianism written by MacAskill in collaboration with Darius Meissner (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Claudia Reinhard: "What is the most effective?" In: Der Freitag . April 20, 2016, ISSN 0945-2095 ( freitag.de [accessed April 9, 2017]).
- ^ William MacAskill: Men Should Consider Changing Their Last Names When They Get Married . In: The Atlantic . March 5, 2013 ( theatlantic.com [accessed April 9, 2017]).
- ↑ Unthinkable: Are you part of the 1% but just don't know it? In: The Irish Times . October 11, 2016 ( irishtimes.com [accessed April 9, 2017]).
- ^ A b Elisabeth von Thadden : Altruism: Besser so? In: The time . April 13, 2016, ISSN 0044-2070 ( zeit.de [accessed April 9, 2017]).
- ↑ a b Amia Srinivasan: Stop the Robot Apocalypse . In: London Review of Books . September 24, 2015, ISSN 0260-9592 , p. 3-6 ( lrb.co.uk [accessed April 9, 2017]).
- ↑ MacAskill's résumé on Academia.edu
- ↑ Extreme altruism: should you care for strangers at the expense of your family? In: The Guardian . September 22, 2015, ISSN 0261-3077 ( theguardian.com [accessed April 9, 2017]).
- ↑ BBC NEWS | UK | Academic pledges to give away £ 1m. In: bbc.com. BBC , November 14, 2009, accessed April 9, 2017 (UK English).
- ↑ Dylan Matthews: Join Wall Street. Save the world. In: Wonkblog. The Washington Post , May 31, 2013, accessed April 10, 2017 .
- ↑ About us. In: 80000hours.org. Retrieved April 10, 2017 (English).
- ↑ Stephanie Condon: Ice bucket challenge: More than just "hashtag activism"? August 12, 2014 ( cbsnews.com [accessed April 10, 2017]).
- ↑ Michael Wilkinson: Why I turned down the Ice Bucket Challenge . In: Telegraph.co.uk . ( telegraph.co.uk [accessed April 10, 2017]).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | MacAskill, William |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Crouch, William (maiden name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British philosopher and university professor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 24, 1987 |