Effective Altruism Handbook

Abstract

This guide is an introduction to some of the core concepts in effective altruism. If you’re new to effective altruism, they should give you an overview of the key ideas and problems that we’ve found so far. But if you have already engaged with effective altruism, there should be some new insights amongst the familiar ideas. Most of these pieces were originally delivered as conference talks, so although they work well as stand-alone pieces, they are occasionally informal. We’ve tried to put them in an order that makes sense. Together we think they cover some of the key ideas in the effective altruism community.