altruist

Example Sentences

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But to buy the property at current market rates without jacking up rents, even an altruist would have to come up with some unlikely financial wizardry.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 12, 2024

Toner is a deep effective altruist, having worked exclusively in EA-specific institutions since March 2015.

From Slate • Nov. 22, 2023

He brought on Gary Wang, an old friend from math camp, and later Ellison, a fellow effective altruist from Jane Street.

From Reuters • Nov. 3, 2023

As Peter Singer, who considers himself an effective altruist, notes, this would include charitable causes like "donating to help the global poor" and reducing "animal suffering."

From Salon • Nov. 20, 2022

Before the word had passed into moral philosophy, she had become an altruist in its truest sense.

From Mary Wollstonecraft by Pennell, Elizabeth Robins