Altruism, originating from the French word 'altruisme' coined by Auguste Comte, signifies selfless concern for others' ...

In the required curriculum for all engineering students at the University of Connecticut, there is exactly one ethics class required to graduate.

Effective altruism is a philosophy and social movement concerned with finding the most effective ways to make the world a better place, according to Graeme McDonough, a junior on the Effective ...

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Sam Bankman-Fried wants to ask potential jurors at his upcoming fraud trial if they could “completely ignore” the fact that he has ADHD — which could affect his “physical behavior” in court. The query ...

Sam Bankman-Fried’s downfall as head of the cryptocurrency exchange FTX has dragged a reluctant co-star into the spotlight — effective altruism. As an ardent advocate of the movement, Bankman-Fried ...

The spectacular collapse of FTX, the big cryptocurrency exchange founded by the wunderkind crypto titan Sam Bankman-Fried, wiped out about a million people’s investments and has dealt a massive blow ...

The crypto industry has been thrown into crisis by the collapse of FTX, the second-largest cryptocurrency exchange in the world, and its sister hedge fund, Alameda Research. It’s raising questions ...

Perhaps most unexpectedly, the demise of the superstar financier and his company has led to the discrediting of two philosophical movements closely associated with Bankman-Fried – “effective altruism” ...

While he ran FTX, Sam Bankman-Fried lived beneath his billionaire means. He drove a Toyota Corolla, ate vegan food, and lived with several roommates — presumably due to his belief in a social movement ...