'Tis the season for giving. How can you be sure your charitable donations are really being useful? Princeton University philosophy professor Peter Singer lays out a strategy for what he calls "effective altruism." His ideas are being hailed in some circles, but causing controversy in others. WGLT's Judy Valente first reported this story for PBS-TV's "Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly."
The U.S. has about a million charities that raise an estimated $200 billion annually. To see the video of WGLT's Judy Valente's original rerport on Peter Singer for PBS-TV's "Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly," please visit http://www.pbs.org/wnet/religionandethics/2015/12/11/december-11-2015-peter-singer-on-effective-altruism/28211/