MichaelPlant

I'm the Director of the Happier Lives Institute and  Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Oxford's Wellbeing Research Centre. I'm a philosopher by background and did my DPhil at Oxford, primarily under the supervision of Peter Singer and Hilary Greaves.  I've previously worked for an MP and failed to start a start-up

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HLI's 2023-4 research agenda
by MichaelPlant, Ryan Dwyer @ 2023-07-06 | +46 | 0 comments
The Happier Lives Institute is funding constrained and needs you!
by MichaelPlant @ 2023-07-06 | +84 | 0 comments
Taking happiness seriously: Can we? Should we? Would it matter if we did? A...
by MichaelPlant, Mark Fabian @ 2023-06-28 | +57 | 0 comments
Strawmen, steelmen, and mithrilmen: getting the principle of charity right
by MichaelPlant @ 2023-06-09 | +89 | 0 comments
What is effective altruism? How could it be improved?
by MichaelPlant @ 2023-05-05 | +142 | 0 comments
Don’t just give well, give WELLBYs: HLI’s 2022 charity recommendation
by MichaelPlant @ 2022-11-24 | +167 | 0 comments
The elephant in the bednet: the importance of philosophy when choosing between...
by MichaelPlant, JoelMcGuire, Samuel Dupret @ 2022-11-18 | +153 | 0 comments
Measuring Good Better
by MichaelPlant, GiveWell, Jason Schukraft, Matt_Lerner, Innovations for Poverty Action @ 2022-10-14 | +235 | 0 comments
A philosophical review of Open Philanthropy’s Cause Prioritisation Framework
by MichaelPlant @ 2022-07-15 | +160 | 0 comments
Wheeling and dealing: An internal bargaining approach to moral uncertainty
by MichaelPlant @ 2022-07-10 | +56 | 0 comments
Will faster economic growth make us happier? The relevance of the Easterlin...
by MichaelPlant @ 2022-06-24 | +158 | 0 comments
Effective altruism’s odd attitude to mental health
by MichaelPlant @ 2022-04-29 | +103 | 0 comments
Donating money, buying happiness: new meta-analyses comparing the...
by MichaelPlant, JoelMcGuire @ 2021-10-25 | +153 | 0 comments
Ending The War on Drugs - A New Cause For Effective Altruists?
by MichaelPlant @ 2021-05-06 | +123 | 0 comments
The Comparability of Subjective Scales
by MichaelPlant @ 2020-11-30 | +79 | 0 comments
Life Satisfaction and its Discontents
by MichaelPlant @ 2020-09-25 | +71 | 0 comments
Using Subjective Well-Being to Estimate the Moral Weights of Averting Deaths and...
by MichaelPlant, JoelMcGuire, ClareDonaldson @ 2020-08-03 | +98 | 0 comments
Understanding and evaluating EA's cause prioritisation methodology
by MichaelPlant @ 2019-10-14 | +39 | 0 comments
Announcing the launch of the Happier Lives Institute
by MichaelPlant @ 2019-06-19 | +133 | 0 comments
High-priority policy: towards a co-ordinated platform?
by MichaelPlant @ 2019-01-14 | +31 | 0 comments
Cause profile: mental health
by MichaelPlant @ 2018-12-31 | +147 | 0 comments
A Happiness Manifesto: Why and How Effective Altruism Should Rethink its...
by MichaelPlant @ 2018-10-25 | +77 | 0 comments
Ineffective entrepreneurship: post-mortem of Hippo, the happiness app that never...
by MichaelPlant @ 2018-05-23 | +92 | 0 comments
Could I have some more systemic change, please, sir?
by MichaelPlant @ 2018-01-22 | +24 | 0 comments
High Time For Drug Policy Reform. Part 4/4: Estimating Cost-Effectiveness vs...
by MichaelPlant @ 2017-08-12 | +8 | 0 comments
High Time For Drug Policy Reform. Part 3/4: Policy Suggestions, Tractability and...
by MichaelPlant @ 2017-08-11 | +8 | 0 comments
High Time For Drug Policy Reform. Part 2/4: Six Ways It Could Do Good And...
by MichaelPlant @ 2017-08-10 | +16 | 0 comments
High Time For Drug Policy Reform. Part 1/4: Introduction and Cause Summary
by MichaelPlant @ 2017-08-09 | +24 | 0 comments
The marketing gap and a plea for moral inclusivity
by MichaelPlant @ 2017-07-08 | +40 | 0 comments
The Philanthropist’s Paradox
by MichaelPlant @ 2017-06-24 | +2 | 0 comments
Intuition Jousting: What It Is And Why It Should Stop
by MichaelPlant @ 2017-03-30 | +10 | 0 comments
The Unproven (And Unprovable) Case For Net Wild Animal Suffering. A Reply To...
by MichaelPlant @ 2016-12-05 | +27 | 0 comments
Are You Sure You Want To Donate To The Against Malaria Foundation?
by MichaelPlant @ 2016-12-05 | +40 | 0 comments
Is effective altruism overlooking human happiness and mental health? I argue it...
by MichaelPlant @ 2016-06-22 | +28 | 0 comments