Doing Good Better: How Effective Altruism Can Help You Help Others, Do Work that Matters, and Make Smarter Choices about Giving Back by William MacAskill

Doing Good Better: How Effective Altruism Can Help You Help Others, Do Work that Matters, and Make Smarter Choices about Giving Back William MacAskill ebook
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Page: 272
ISBN: 9781592409662
Format: pdf

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