Doing Good Better: Effective Altruism and a Radical New Way to Make a Difference - Softcover

MacAskill, Dr William

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1783353295 ISBN 13: 9781783353293

Publisher: Guardian Faber Publishing, 2026

Synopsis

From the Sunday Times bestselling author, the 10th anniversary edition of Doing Good Better: a radical, reassuring reassessment of how we can most effectively help others in an era of global instability.

FEATURING A NEW FOREWORD

'A surprising and often counterintuitive look at the best ways to make a difference. [MacAskill] is that rarest of beasts: a do-gooder who uses his head more than his heart.' Sunday Times

'MacAskill is a data nerd after my own heart.' Bill Gates

We might donate to charity, buy ethically-sourced products, and try to cut down on our carbon emissions, but how do we know if we’re really helping? In a world beset by crisis after crisis, it's easy to feel cynical and powerless to change anything.

Confronting this problem, William MacAskill helped develop a concept which went on to become a global movement: effective altruism, a practical, data-driven approach which shows that each of us has the power to do an astonishing amount of good, given the right information. Doing Good Better is an essential guide which shows how, through simple actions, you can improve thousands of lives – including your own.

About this title

About the Author

William MacAskill is an Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Oxford and co-founder of non-profits Giving What We Can and 80,000 Hours, which inspire people to use their time and money as effectively as possible to fight the world's most pressing problems. Between them they have raised over $12 million for the most cost-effective charities plus a further $380 million in lifetime pledges, enabled hundreds of people to choose careers with massive social impact and helped to launch the effective altruism movement. He and his organisations have been featured in the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, the Today programme, and on Fox News, NPR, TED and many other media outlets globally. He has published in the leading philosophy journal Ethics and writes regularly online for Quartz, The Atlantic and Vox.

Edition details

• Publisher: Guardian Faber Publishing
• Publication date: 2026
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1783353295
• ISBN 13: 9781783353293
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 352