Toby Ord
- January 11, 2024
- Philosopher
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Toby Ord Biography
| Birthday | Jul 18 |
| Birth Year | 1979 |
Toby Ord is one of the most popular and richest Philosopher who was born on July 18, 1979 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Toby David Godfrey Ord (born 18 July 1979) is an Australian philosopher. He was the founder of Giving What We Can, an international society that members commit to donating at minimum 10% of their earnings to worthy charities. He is also an important participant in the altruism movement that focuses on the use of reason and evidence to make a difference in people’s lives in the greatest extent possible. He is an Senior Research Fellow at the Oxford University’s Future of Humanity Institute, in which his research is focused on the issue of existential risk. The book he wrote on the subject, called The Present and Future: Existential Risk and Future Humanity was released in March of 2020.
The current research focus of Ord is in the area of existential risk. His book on the subject -” The Precipice: Existential Risk and the future of Humanity — was released in March of 2020.
For his graduate studies, Ord moved to the University of Oxford, where he obtained a B.Phil., and a D.Phil. in philosophy. Having submitted his doctoral thesis, ‘Beyond Action: applying consequentialism to decision making and motivation’, Ord was retained as a junior research fellow by Balliol College, Oxford.
Ord himself initially decided to set his income limit at a maximum of PS20,000, and to donate all the money extra he made research-based charitable organizations. In the following year the figure was revised lower to Rs18,000. The threshold is raised annually to reflect the rate of inflation. As of December 31, 2019 it was estimated that he had given PS106,000, which is 28 % of his annual income. In the time of his career, the expected amount of his contributions will be about PS1 million.
Toby Ord Net Worth
| Net Worth | $5 Million |
| Source Of Income | Philosopher |
| House | Living in own house. |
Toby Ord is one of the richest Philosopher from Australia. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Toby Ord 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)
The year 2009 was the time that Ord established The Giving What We Can the world’s first society that has its members committed to donating at minimum 10% of their earnings to charities that fight poverty. It is a part of and a part of the successful altruism campaign. The Giving What We Can seeks not solely to motivate individuals to contribute more of their income to charities, but also emphasizes that it is important to give money to cost- effective charities, saying the fact that “research shows that some are up to 1,000 times as effective as others.” In February 2020, The membership in Giving What We Can had grown to over 4,500 members who had pledged more than $1.5 billion to charitable causes.
From 2014 onwards, Ord has been at Oxford’s Future of Humanity Institute, in the role of Senior Research Fellow. Ord defines his work as “the big picture questions facing humanity.” He is an official of the Centre for Effective Altruism and of 80,000 hours.
Ord’s work has been primarily in moral philosophy. In applied ethics, he has worked on bioethics, the demands of morality, and global priority setting. He has also made contributions in global health, as an advisor to the 3rd edition of Disease Control Priorities Project.. In normative ethics, his research has focused on consequentialism, and on moral uncertainty.
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Toby Ranked on the list of most popular Philosopher. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Australia. Toby Ord celebrates birthday on July 18 of every year.