William MacAskill (né Crouch; born 24 March 1987) is a Scottish philosopher, ethicist, and one of the originators of the effective altruism movement. He is Associate Professor in Philosophy at the University of Oxford, a researcher at the Global Priorities Institute at Oxford, and Director of the Forethought Foundation for Global Priorities Research.MacAskill is also the co-founder and president of 80,000 Hours, the co-founder and vice-president of Giving What We Can, and the co-founder and president of the Centre for Effective Altruism.He is the author of the 2015 book Doing Good Better: Effective Altruism and a Radical New Way to Make a Difference and the upcoming, What We Owe the Future: A Million-Year View.
