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Yale University's Program in Ethics, Politics, and Economics is pleased to announce that Peter Singer, Ira W. DeCamp Professor of Bioethics in the University Center for Human Values at Princeton University, will be delivering this year's Castle Lecture Series, entitled "Effective Altruism." Effective altruism is a new movement consisting of many individuals and several independent organizations, all focused on the deceptively simple idea that we should try to do as much good as we can. The first lecture, entitled "What is Effective Altruism?" will introduce the idea of effective altruism by way of effective altruists themselves, describing how they live, and why they have chosen to live that way. The second lecture, "Altruism," will consider how altruism can emerge from evolutionary processes and how, paradoxically, acting in a manner that is genuinely altruistic can also be a good choice for ourselves. The third, "Effectiveness," will explore the practical implications of effective altruism; if we are going to live altruistically, what should we do?

Yale University's Program in Ethics, Politics, and Economics is pleased to announce that Peter Singer, Ira W. DeCamp Professor of Bioethics in the University Center for Human Values at Princeton University, will be delivering this year's Castle Lecture Series, entitled "Effective Altruism." Effective altruism is a new movement consisting of many individuals and several independent organizations, all focused on the deceptively simple idea that we should try to do as much good as we can. The first lecture, entitled "What is Effective Altruism?" will introduce the idea of effective altruism by way of effective altruists themselves, describing how they live, and why they have chosen to live that way. The second lecture, "Altruism," will consider how altruism can emerge from evolutionary processes and how, paradoxically, acting in a manner that is genuinely altruistic can also be a good choice for ourselves. The third, "Effectiveness," will explore the practical implications of effective altruism; if we are going to live altruistically, what should we do?

Yale University's Program in Ethics, Politics, and Economics is pleased to announce that Peter Singer, Ira W. DeCamp Professor of Bioethics in the University Center for Human Values at Princeton University, will be delivering this year's Castle Lecture Series, entitled "Effective Altruism." Effective altruism is a new movement consisting of many individuals and several independent organizations, all focused on the deceptively simple idea that we should try to do as much good as we can. The first lecture, entitled "What is Effective Altruism?" will introduce the idea of effective altruism by way of effective altruists themselves, describing how they live, and why they have chosen to live that way. The second lecture, "Altruism," will consider how altruism can emerge from evolutionary processes and how, paradoxically, acting in a manner that is genuinely altruistic can also be a good choice for ourselves. The third, "Effectiveness," will explore the practical implications of effective altruism: if we are going to live altruistically, what should we do?

Samuel Bowles, Research Professor at the Santa Fe Institute and Professor of Economics at the University of Siena, gave three public lectures where he presented evidence that explicit incentives and constraints often diminish ethical motivations. This is the second lecture of a three-part series.

Abdullahi Ahmed An-Na’im, Charles Howard Candler Professor of Law at Emory University School of Law presented the 2010 Robert Litowitz Lecture for the Program in Ethics, Politics and Economics. Professor An-Na’im presented and defended a framework for the constant theoretical and political contestation of the relationship between Islam, the state, politics and society.

Samuel Bowles, Research Professor at the Santa Fe Institute and Professor of Economics at the University of Siena, gave three public lectures presenting evidence that explicit incentives and constraints often diminish ethical motivations. This is the first lecture of a three-part series.