(2013-06-04) How To Choose An Ethical Careerwith Help From Oxford Philosophers

How To Choose An Ethical Career (With Help From Oxford Philosophers)

If you need help choosing a career, there are aptitude tests, counselors and shelves full of best-sellers to help. But if your primary goal is moral achievement–as opposed to personal fulfillment–you might be better off asking a philosopher. That’s what I did.

80,000 Hours is a small, student-run organization with a not-so-small goal: to change the world by guiding young people into maximally ethical careers.

It felt less like a career advice session than an ethics seminar

We usually think about five broad categories,” Bowerman said: Research, Innovation, Improving, Campaigning and Influencing and, most controversially, Earning to Give.