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Hoel, E. (2022). 'Why I am not an effective altruist', The Intrinsic Perspective, https://erikhoel.substack.com/p/why-i-am-not-an-effective-altruist
Cremer, C. Z., & Kemp, L. (2021). Democratising Risk: In Search of a Methodology to Study Existential Risk. arXiv preprint arXiv:2201.11214.
Robinson, N.J. (2022) 'Defective Altruism', Current Affairs, 19th September, https://www.currentaffairs.org/2022/09/defective-altruism
Torres, E.P. (2022). 'Understanding "longtermism": Why this sudden influential philosophy is so toxic', Salon, 20th August, https://www.salon.com/2022/08/20/understanding-longtermism-why-this-suddenly-influential-philosophy-is-so/
Torres, E.P. (2022). 'Selling "longtermism": How PR and marketing drive a controvertial new movement', Salon, 10th September, https://www.salon.com/2022/09/10/selling-longtermism-how-pr-and-marketing-drive-a-controversial-new-movement/
Beckstead, N. (2013). 'On the overwhelming importance of shaping the far future', PhD thesis, The State University of New Jersey https://rucore.libraries.rutgers.edu/rutgers-lib/40469/PDF/1/play/
Setiya, K. (2022). 'The New Moral Mathematics' Boston Review, https://www.bostonreview.net/articles/the-new-moral-mathematics/
MacAskill, W. (2017). Effective altruism: introduction. Essays in Philosophy, 18(1), 1-5.
Gabriel, I. (2017). Effective altruism and its critics. Journal of Applied Philosophy, 34(4), 457-473.
Dietz, A. (2019). Effective altruism and collective obligations. Utilitas, 31(1), 106-115.
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Hoel, E. (2022). 'Why I am not an effective altruist', The Intrinsic Perspective, https://erikhoel.substack.com/p/why-i-am-not-an-effective-altruist
Cremer, C. Z., & Kemp, L. (2021). Democratising Risk: In Search of a Methodology to Study Existential Risk. arXiv preprint arXiv:2201.11214.
Robinson, N.J. (2022) 'Defective Altruism', Current Affairs, 19th September, https://www.currentaffairs.org/2022/09/defective-altruism
Torres, E.P. (2022). 'Understanding "longtermism": Why this sudden influential philosophy is so toxic', Salon, 20th August, https://www.salon.com/2022/08/20/understanding-longtermism-why-this-suddenly-influential-philosophy-is-so/
Torres, E.P. (2022). 'Selling "longtermism": How PR and marketing drive a controvertial new movement', Salon, 10th September, https://www.salon.com/2022/09/10/selling-longtermism-how-pr-and-marketing-drive-a-controversial-new-movement/
Beckstead, N. (2013). 'On the overwhelming importance of shaping the far future', PhD thesis, The State University of New Jersey https://rucore.libraries.rutgers.edu/rutgers-lib/40469/PDF/1/play/
Setiya, K. (2022). 'The New Moral Mathematics' Boston Review, https://www.bostonreview.net/articles/the-new-moral-mathematics/
MacAskill, W. (2017). Effective altruism: introduction. Essays in Philosophy, 18(1), 1-5.
Gabriel, I. (2017). Effective altruism and its critics. Journal of Applied Philosophy, 34(4), 457-473.
Dietz, A. (2019). Effective altruism and collective obligations. Utilitas, 31(1), 106-115.
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