“New Spanish-language book on ‘classical EA’” by Pablo Melchor 🔸

My new book, Altruismo racional, is now on presale. It is my attempt at presenting a compelling case for a particular strand of "classical EA"[1]: one that emphasizes caring deeply about global health and poverty, a rational approach to giving, the importance of cost-effectiveness, and the 🔸10% Pledge.

In this post, I provide some context on my reasons for writing this book and what I hope to achieve. If “new EA-themed book in Spanish” was all you needed to know, feel free to skip to How you can help or preorder now.

Why write a book

Imagine you wake up one morning and discover the world has changed in a few peculiar ways. There has been no 10th anniversary edition of Peter Singer's The Life You Can Save—it was last edited more than a decade ago and has been out of print for years. Will MacAskill has not written [...]

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Outline:

(00:54) Why write a book

(03:18) What the book is about

(04:54) Why this particular topic

(06:32) Expected impact  Dream scenario

(08:39) How you can help

(08:42) Buy the book for yourself or others

(09:05) Preorder if the current availability works for you

(09:46) Or get notified by email as soon as your preferred format is available in your country

(10:02) A note on bulk purchases

(10:36) Help me reach more people

(11:01) Acknowledgements

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First published:

August 20th, 2025

Source:

https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/ak3McTxHTojjn6sqH/new-spanish-language-book-on-classical-ea

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