{"id":10103,"date":"2024-09-20T06:50:06","date_gmt":"2024-09-20T06:50:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.effektivaltruism.org\/course\/what-does-it-mean-to-make-a-difference\/"},"modified":"2024-09-20T06:52:15","modified_gmt":"2024-09-20T06:52:15","slug":"what-does-it-mean-to-make-a-difference","status":"publish","type":"tva_lesson","link":"https:\/\/www.effektivaltruism.org\/en\/course\/what-does-it-mean-to-make-a-difference\/","title":{"rendered":"What does it mean to make a difference?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"ltr\">When we talk about doing good, or having a positive impact, we mean creating increased well-being: improving the opportunity for others to live healthy, happy and fulfilling lives that are free from unnecessary suffering. How much good an action does therefore depends on how many individuals\u2019 well-being is affected and by how much.<\/p>\n<p><span><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"10104\" width=\"800\" data-init-width=\"2100\" height=\"350\" data-init-height=\"920\" title=\"Making a difference - What does it mean to make a difference_\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.effektivaltruism.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Making-a-difference-What-does-it-mean-to-make-a-difference_.webp\" data-width=\"800\" data-height=\"350\" style=\"aspect-ratio: auto 2100 \/ 920;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">We strive to be impartial about whose welfare we care about. For one thing, we do not attach importance to factors such as ethnicity or gender. We also don\u2019t care where someone lives. If we can do more good with our resources for people who live on the other side of the world, we should prioritize that over doing less good for people who live geographically closer to us, all things being equal. Nor do we believe\u2014and this is probably a thought new to many\u2014that there is good reason to discriminate against the well-being of others based on time. This means that it is important to also take into account future generations when we evaluate how we can do the most good. Finally, we also believe that the welfare of animals should be considered, although we are not sure to what extent, compared to humans.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"\">Read more<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/80000hours.org\/advanced-series\/#2-what-does-it-mean-to-make-a-difference\" style=\"outline: none;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">What does it mean to \u201cmake a difference\u201d?<\/a> \u2013 article by 80,000 Hours<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-10103","tva_lesson","type-tva_lesson","status-publish","hentry","tva_courses-career-guide"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Effektiv Altruism<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.effektivaltruism.org\/course\/what-does-it-mean-to-make-a-difference\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"What does it mean to make a difference? - Effektiv Altruism\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"When we talk about doing good\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.effektivaltruism.org\/course\/what-does-it-mean-to-make-a-difference\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Effektiv Altruism\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-09-20T06:52:15+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.effektivaltruism.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Asset-1@13x.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"2258\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1179\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/><meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.effektivaltruism.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Making-a-difference-What-does-it-mean-to-make-a-difference_.webp\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.effektivaltruism.org\\\/course\\\/what-does-it-mean-to-make-a-difference\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.effektivaltruism.org\\\/course\\\/what-does-it-mean-to-make-a-difference\\\/\",\"name\":\"What does it mean to make a difference? - Effektiv Altruism\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.effektivaltruism.org\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.effektivaltruism.org\\\/course\\\/what-does-it-mean-to-make-a-difference\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.effektivaltruism.org\\\/course\\\/what-does-it-mean-to-make-a-difference\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.effektivaltruism.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/09\\\/Making-a-difference-What-does-it-mean-to-make-a-difference_.webp\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-09-20T06:50:06+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-09-20T06:52:15+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.effektivaltruism.org\\\/course\\\/what-does-it-mean-to-make-a-difference\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.effektivaltruism.org\\\/course\\\/what-does-it-mean-to-make-a-difference\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.effektivaltruism.org\\\/course\\\/what-does-it-mean-to-make-a-difference\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.effektivaltruism.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/09\\\/Making-a-difference-What-does-it-mean-to-make-a-difference_.webp\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.effektivaltruism.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/09\\\/Making-a-difference-What-does-it-mean-to-make-a-difference_.webp\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.effektivaltruism.org\\\/course\\\/what-does-it-mean-to-make-a-difference\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.effektivaltruism.org\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"1. 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