Breaking the ice can be tough, even if you are quite comfortable with your altruism and think there are very strong reasons for doing it. It’s a stance that challenges some commonly held assumptions about morality - an obviously touchy issue. You may feel like it is never the appropriate moment to mention it. On a night out with your friends, casually mentioning the parable of the drowning child is probably counter-productive. But there are ways to talk about effective altruism without sounding preachy. Here are some tips for better altruism icebreakers.

Altruism Icebreakers

What if you could help change or even save lives with very little effort? It may sound too good to be true, but in The Life You Can Save, world-renowned professor of bioethics Peter Singer shows us how small sacrifices can make a big impact and help end the needless suffering caused by extreme poverty. Listen to a free audiobook narrated by Kristen Bell, Stephen Fry, Paul Simon and more in The Life You Can Save podcast.  Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-life-you-can-save/support

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Charlie Bresler, Ph.D., the Executive Director of The Life You Can Save organization, invites you to listen carefully to Peter Singer’s, celebrity-read audiobook by the same name.  Dr. Bresler suggests that if you “open your mind” to Singer’s words that show you how you can actually save lives, you can restore your sense of agency within a world that makes many of us feel helpless.
To find out more about The Life You Can Save organisation: www.thelifeyoucansave.org

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Introduction to The Life You Can Save Audiobook

Hachette Audio, partner of The Life You Can Save, the organization, introduces the 10th-anniversary edition of The Life You Can Save by Professor Peter Singer, one of the world’s most influential living philosophers.

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Introduction by Hachette Audio

Michael Schur, the acclaimed executive producer and creator of the NBC series “The Good Place,” describes how the first edition of The Life You Can Save, sparked a change in his world view, leaving him with the realization that we each play a critical role in helping those less fortunate than ourselves. 
Inspired? Act now: www.thelifeyoucansave.org/actnow

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Foreword by Michael Schur: I'd never looked at it that way before

Professor Peter Singer, author of The Life You Can Save, introduces the 10th-anniversary edition. Reflecting on what has and hasn’t changed, he describes his intention to distil what he has learned over his forty-year career, about why we give or don’t give, and what we should do about it. 
Honour Peter Singer’s goal: www.thelifeyoucansave.org/take-the-pledge

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Preface by Peter Singer

In this chapter–narrated by Kristin Bell, award-winning actress and star of the NBC series “The Good Place”–Professor Peter Singer asks; “If you saw a child drowning in a pond, would you jump in and save them?” He argues that the same instinct and moral obligation, which would lead most people to act without hesitation, should apply when deciding whether to help children living in poverty.  
Want to save a child? www.thelifeyoucansave.org/best-charities

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Altruism Icebreakers

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