We do not have to make self- sacrifice a necessary element of altruism. We can regard people as altruists because of the kind of interests they have rather than because they are sacrificing their interests.

— Peter Singer The Most Good You Can Do: How Effective Altruism Is Changing Ideas About Living Ethically (2015)

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