The Heroes of Effective Altruism
Wed, May 07
|Palo Alto
Join Zephyr for this evening salon with Leif Wenar (Philosophy, Stanford) on assessing both the promise and the dangers of Effective Altruism.
Time & Location
May 07, 2025, 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Palo Alto, 560 College Ave, Palo Alto, CA 94306, USA
About the Event
All are invited to join Zephyr for this evening salon exploring how to assess the influential philosophical and social movement known as Effective Altruism.
We all want to do good. Some smart people, inspired by Peter Singer, set out to use the tools of rationality to discover how to do good best. The story of Effective Altruism shows the promise and dangers of this approach. Before calculating what to do, it's important to think first about why we want to do good—and to be honest about that, with others and especially with ourselves. Heroes get it wrong.
Dinner will be provided to all event attendees.
About the speaker
Leif Wenar is professor of Philosophy at Stanford University.
Image credit: "Clear Water" by William Warby
Tickets
General Admission
$20.00
Student
$5.00
Total
$0.00