effective altruism
E418192
Effective altruism is a philosophical and social movement that uses evidence and reason to determine how individuals can do the most good, particularly through impactful charitable giving and career choices.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| effective altruism canonical | 7 |
| effective altruism movement | 4 |
| Effective Altruism movement | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4164783 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: effective altruism Context triple: [Peter Singer, mainInterest, effective altruism]
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A.
Effective Philanthropy Program
The Effective Philanthropy Program is a Hewlett Foundation initiative that works to improve the practice and impact of philanthropy by supporting better grantmaking, evaluation, and learning across the sector.
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B.
act utilitarianism
Act utilitarianism is a moral theory that judges the rightness of each individual action solely by how much overall happiness or utility it produces compared to alternative actions.
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C.
consequentialism
Consequentialism is an ethical theory that judges the rightness or wrongness of actions solely by their outcomes or consequences.
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D.
preference utilitarianism
Preference utilitarianism is a form of utilitarian ethics that evaluates actions by how well they satisfy the informed preferences or interests of those affected, rather than by the amount of pleasure or happiness produced.
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E.
Charity
Charity is the alternative name for South Sister, a prominent volcanic peak in Oregon’s Cascade Range.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: effective altruism Target entity description: Effective altruism is a philosophical and social movement that uses evidence and reason to determine how individuals can do the most good, particularly through impactful charitable giving and career choices.
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A.
Effective Philanthropy Program
The Effective Philanthropy Program is a Hewlett Foundation initiative that works to improve the practice and impact of philanthropy by supporting better grantmaking, evaluation, and learning across the sector.
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B.
act utilitarianism
Act utilitarianism is a moral theory that judges the rightness of each individual action solely by how much overall happiness or utility it produces compared to alternative actions.
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C.
consequentialism
Consequentialism is an ethical theory that judges the rightness or wrongness of actions solely by their outcomes or consequences.
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D.
preference utilitarianism
Preference utilitarianism is a form of utilitarian ethics that evaluates actions by how well they satisfy the informed preferences or interests of those affected, rather than by the amount of pleasure or happiness produced.
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E.
Charity
Charity is the alternative name for South Sister, a prominent volcanic peak in Oregon’s Cascade Range.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
philosophical movement
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social movement ⓘ |
| aimsAt | doing the most good ⓘ |
| emphasizes |
cause prioritization
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cost-effectiveness ⓘ global welfare ⓘ impartiality ⓘ marginal impact ⓘ quantitative evaluation of charities ⓘ |
| encourages |
cause-neutral analysis
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donating a significant portion of income ⓘ randomized controlled trials in charity evaluation ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
career choice
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charitable giving ⓘ maximizing positive impact ⓘ |
| hasConcept |
DALY
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QALY ⓘ moral circle expansion ⓘ neglectedness ⓘ room for more funding ⓘ scale of impact ⓘ tractability ⓘ |
| hasKeyFigure |
Peter Singer
NERFINISHED
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Toby Ord ⓘ William MacAskill NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasKeyOrganization |
80,000 Hours
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Centre for Effective Altruism ⓘ GiveWell ⓘ Giving What We Can ⓘ Open Philanthropy ⓘ |
| hasPublication |
Doing Good Better
ⓘ
The Most Good You Can Do ⓘ |
| originatedIn | early 21st century ⓘ |
| prioritizes |
AI safety
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animal suffering reduction ⓘ existential risk reduction ⓘ global health ⓘ longtermism ⓘ pandemic preparedness ⓘ poverty alleviation ⓘ |
| promotes |
animal welfare interventions
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earning to give ⓘ evidence-based philanthropy ⓘ global health and development interventions ⓘ high-impact careers ⓘ work on existential risks ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
consequentialism
ⓘ
utilitarianism ⓘ |
| uses |
evidence
ⓘ
reason ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: effective altruism Description of subject: Effective altruism is a philosophical and social movement that uses evidence and reason to determine how individuals can do the most good, particularly through impactful charitable giving and career choices.
Referenced by (12)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
effective altruism movement
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effective altruism movement
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effective altruism movement
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Effective Altruism movement
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effective altruism movement