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> This is about enough to accept Peter Singer’s comparatively slim 354-page volume Animal Liberation, one of the founding texts of the effective altruism moveme
by pickledish 3y ago
> This is about enough to accept Peter Singer’s comparatively slim 354-page volume Animal Liberation, one of the founding texts of the effective altruism movement.
What? I might be confused, is this a joke I don't get, or is there some connection between this book and EA that I haven't heard of?
- avarun 3y agoPeter Singer is well known as a "founder" of EA, and vegetarianism is a tenet that many EAs hold, whether or not you directly consider it part of EA. Animal welfare is, at the very least, one of the core causes. That specific book may have been written before effective altruism really existed, but it makes sense for one of Singer's books to be considered a founding text.
- pickledish 3y agoAhhh ok, had no idea, I'm pretty new to this stuff. Thank you for the explanation!
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