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The Philosophy of effective altruism tag covers posts about the philosophical ideas behind EA, especially when they don't discuss particular causes or research methods.

Further reading

MacAskill, William & Darius Meissner (2020) Effective altruism, in 'Acting on utilitarianism', Utilitarianism.

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