William MacAskill

William David MacAskill (né Crouch; born 24 March 1987)[3] is a Scottish philosopher and author, as well as one of the originators of the effective altruism movement.[4][5][6] He is an Associate Professor in Philosophy and Research Fellow at the Global Priorities Institute at the University of Oxford and Director of the Forethought Foundation for Global Priorities Research. He co-founded Giving What We Can, the Centre for Effective Altruism and 80,000 Hours,[7] and he is the author of the 2015 book Doing Good Better,[8] the 2022 book What We Owe the Future[9] and co-author of the 2020 book Moral Uncertainty.[10]

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William MacAskill
MacAskill in 2015
Born	William David Crouch (1987-03-24) 24 March 1987 (age 35) Glasgow, Scotland
Education	Jesus College, Cambridge (BA, 2008) St Edmund Hall, Oxford (BPhil, 2010) St Anne's College, Oxford (DPhil, 2014)
Spouse	Amanda Askell ​ (divorced)​ [1]
Era	Contemporary philosophy
Region	Western philosophy
Institutions	Emmanuel College, Cambridge Lincoln College, Oxford Global Priorities Institute
Thesis	Normative Uncertainty (2014)
Doctoral advisors	Krister Bykvist John Broome
Main interests	Ethics political philosophy decision theory philosophy and economics[2] utilitarianism
Notable ideas	Effective altruism longtermism
Influences Peter Singer Derek Parfit Toby Ord
Influenced Sam Bankman-Fried
Website	williammacaskill.com