Introduction: Worms and water pumps: how can you do the most good?
One: You are the 1 percent: just how much can you achieve?
Two: Hard trade-offs: Question #1: how many people benefit, and by how much?
Three: How you can save hundreds of lives: Question #2: is this the most effective thing you can do?
Four: Why you shouldn't donate to disaster relief: Question #3: is this are neglected?
Five: The best person who ever lived is an unknown Ukrainian man: Question #4: what would have happened otherwise?
Six: Why voting is like donating thousands of dollars to charity: Question #5: what are the chances of success, and how good would success be?
Seven: Overhead costs, CEO pay, and other confusions: which charities make the most difference?
Eight: The moral case for sweatshop goods: how can consumers make the most difference?
Nine: Don't "follow your passion": which careers make the most difference?
Ten: Poverty versus climate change versus...: which causes are most important?
Conclusion: Becoming an effective altruist: what should you do right now?
Afterword to the paperback edition
Appendix: Thinking like an effective altruist: the five key questions of effective altruism.
