--- title: William MacAskill | TIME description: William MacAskill is associate professor of philosophy at the University of Oxford and the author of Doing Good Better. canonical: https://time.com/author/william-macaskill/ og:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates og:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:url: https://time.com/author/william-macaskill/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 300 og:image:height: 300 og:image:alt: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:type: profile twitter:card: summary twitter:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates twitter:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # William MacAskill ## William MacAskill _William MacAskill is associate professor of philosophy at the University of Oxford and the author of_ [_Doing Good Better_](http://www.effectivealtruism.com/)_._ ## William MacAskill *  Dec 3, 2015 ### [Why Giving Is the Best Gift This Year](https://time.com/4134369/why-giving-is-the-best-gift-this-year/) And how to make your altruism count [WORLD](/section/world/) *  Jul 24, 2015 ### [Skydiving for Charity Is a Terrible Idea—Here's a Better One](https://time.com/3967567/skydiving-for-charity/) If we really want to do good, we need to focus on our ability to reason [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) Meta: null ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Organization","@id":"https://time.com/","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/author/william-macaskill/","name":"William MacAskill"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Person","@id":"https://time.com/author/william-macaskill/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/author/william-macaskill/"},"name":"William MacAskill","jobTitle":null,"description":"William MacAskill is associate professor of philosophy at the University of Oxford and the author of Doing Good Better.","url":"https://time.com/author/william-macaskill/","worksFor":{"@type":"Organization","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/"}}] ```