Wise Affirmations/Doing Good
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What is the most good you can do? 
What is the most good you can do?
These affirmations are derived from materials in the course on doing good.
Affirmations[edit | edit source]
Select affirmations from this list and repeat them often and in the moment, either silently or out loud, as appropriate. Address each affirmation to yourself.
You do good.
You do good for others.
You do the most good you can for others.
You carefully evaluate various alternatives for doing good.
You encourage others to do good.
You understand what ought to be.
You understand effective altruism.
You carefully assess real good opportunities.
You are an active citizen.
You live Level 5 values.
You seek real good.
You live wisely.
Recommended Reading[edit | edit source]
Students interested in learning more about doing good may be interested in the following materials:
- Singer, Peter (April 7, 2015). The Most Good You Can Do: How Effective Altruism Is Changing Ideas About Living Ethically. Yale University Press. pp. 232. ISBN 978-0300180275.
- Cooney, Nick (April 27, 2015). How To Be Great At Doing Good: Why Results Are What Count and How Smart Charity Can Change the World. Jossey-Bass. pp. 208. ISBN 978-1119041719.