Bob Berg wrote the book The Go Giver as a story that opens up the importance of relationships and having a positive focus while trying to reach our goals and find the level of success that we desire. Berg focuses his story on business and sales, but what he writes can be applied to many areas … Continue reading Giving and Success
Month: March 2016
An Artifact of the Media
In his book The Most Good You Can Do, Princeton professor Peter Singer introduces the idea that the world is improving and becoming a less dangerous place as we become more globalized, and as effective altruists and average citizens make greater efforts to help those who are the most disadvantaged. Singer states, “If the world seems … Continue reading An Artifact of the Media
Life in the Universe
Peter Singer shares with his readers a wide variety of areas where individuals can focus in an attempt to make donations of time, effort, or money with a goal of helping the world move in a positive direction in his book The Most Good You Can Do. He discusses donations to individuals in poverty in the developing … Continue reading Life in the Universe
Political Advocacy
Political Advocacy is something I think of constantly. Personally, I am getting ready to return to school and I plan to study for a Masters in Public Policy. What I find interesting is the idea of studying and understanding our problems and having a chance to truly consider what types of actions will benefit those … Continue reading Political Advocacy
Girls’ Education
Searching for the most effective means of using ones resources to help others is a cornerstone idea in the philosophy of effective altruism. Throughout his book The Most Good You Can Do Peter Singer examines what this means, what we spend our money on, and how we can redirect our limited resources so that we guide a … Continue reading Girls’ Education
Respecting the Well-Being of Others
Peter Singer focuses on the ideas regarding our interactions with others throughout his book The Most Good You Can Do, and he continually returns to the idea of how we value our life relative to the lives of our family members and the lives of those beyond our family. Singer argues that the effective altruist … Continue reading Respecting the Well-Being of Others
All of Our Stuff
The Most Good You Can Do is a book written by Peter Singer about a philosophy known as effective altruism. Those who follow the philosophy are characterized by making large donations and directing greater than 10% of their income to charities and organizations that make meaningful changes in the lives of those who are the … Continue reading All of Our Stuff
Sacrifices: Money & Well-being
Peter Singer provides us with an alternative way of looking at money and the sacrifices we make in his book The Most Good We Can Do. He suggests that we change the way we look at money and begin to better understand our relationships with money. Ultimately, what is suggested is that we begin to … Continue reading Sacrifices: Money & Well-being
Consumer Spending
In his book The Most Good You Can Do Peter Singer gives examples of people living various lifestyles as effective altruist. He explains that deciding to live off less money and making significant monetary donations helps people find a more aligned life than those who live a life of continuous consumer spending. Many of the individuals … Continue reading Consumer Spending
Loving Your Child and Others
Peter Singer address some of the criticism of the philosophy surrounding effective altruism in his book, The Most Good You Can Do. He writes that effective altruists are criticized from a parenting standpoint when they focus on the importance of the lives of every child and not just their own. This point of view for … Continue reading Loving Your Child and Others