Researchers have documented orcas seemingly gifting rays, seals and fish to scientists and divers, which could suggest they ...

There's been a long-held belief that kids raised without the foundation of religion might struggle with aspects of morality ...

Tonia Wright, founder and CEO of Altruism Inc., is on a mission to save the lives of new and expecting mothers and their ...

Through a new partnership with Samuel U. Rodgers Health Center, a rural maternal health clinic will bring doula services to ...

When I asked if altruism could be a way, she said it’s possible because there are a lot of similarities between kindness and curiosity. Both, she said, are an “open posture.” ...

Effective altruism begins with a question: how can we make the biggest difference in the world? Certainly, effective altruists share a few beliefs in common—for example, ...

Altruism, such as volunteering and donating, has been shown to improve happiness and well-being, and may be fundamental to being human.

Nine months after effective altruism advocate Sam Bankman-Fried was convicted of fraud, Peter Singer and Alice Crary debated its merits.

Effective altruism took off in 2011 when Scottish-born philosopher William MacAskill was inspired by a 1972 essay called “Famine, Affluence and Morality, ...

Effective altruism was the favoured creed of Sam Bankman-Fried. Can it survive his fall? From Oxford university to Silicon Valley, the ‘do good’ philosophy has enjoyed an improbable rise ...