Altruistic motivation

TagLast edit: Jan 5, 2022, 8:49 PM by Leo

Altruistic motivation is the study of what moves individuals to act altruistically.

Further reading

Ngo, Richard (2020) EA reading list: EA motivations and psychology, Effective Altruism Forum, August 3.

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Cullen 🔸Apr 9, 2021, 1:54 AM
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I suggest that this be merged with the motivation tag.
- Pablo May 12, 2021, 8:49 PM
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  Parent
  I renamed the other tag motivational.
- JP Addison🔸Apr 30, 2021, 4:46 PM
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  I think of a difference between posts-that-are-motivating, and posts-about-motivation. I’d be sad if there wasn’t a place to go for posts-that-are-motivating, that was mostly that thing.
  - Cullen 🔸Apr 30, 2021, 5:46 PM
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    Ah, I see. If that’s the intended distinction (which I agree makes sense!), I suggesting renaming the ‘posts-that-are-motivating’ tag to something more distinctive, like “Motivating posts.”
- Pablo Apr 30, 2021, 4:37 PM
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  Thanks for the suggestion. I’ve added a reminder to take a closer look.

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