{"id":822,"date":"2020-11-09T11:48:54","date_gmt":"2020-11-09T07:48:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mcmmediahub.aus.edu\/?p=822"},"modified":"2026-05-11T12:46:59","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T08:46:59","slug":"global-issues-at-center-of-club-webinar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mdcmediahub.aus.edu\/index.php\/2020\/11\/09\/global-issues-at-center-of-club-webinar\/","title":{"rendered":"Global issues at center of club webinar"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>By Maitha Belrahif<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>UNIVERSITY CITY, SHARJAH \u2013 The Effective Altruism Club hosted an online student discussion titled \u201cHow Can We Save the World?\u201d to stimulate a conversation about worldwide issues and how people can help, Tuesday, Nov 3.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The event surveyed the moral obligation and limits of its participants. Members used hypothetical situations to spark ethical discussions, often presenting individual morality as fluid and relative.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, some argued there are some absolute notions when it comes to saving the world. For example, it was said that to help save the world, people must help people.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Assistant Coordinator Anam Fatima voiced her definition of an altruist, noting \u201ca true altruist will stay on the constant lookout for the scope to help others and make a difference.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The event was live and consisted of around 24 participants, including club board members and interested students.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Maitha Belrahif UNIVERSITY CITY, SHARJAH \u2013 The Effective Altruism Club hosted an online student discussion titled \u201cHow Can We Save the World?\u201d to stimulate a conversation about worldwide issues and how people can help, Tuesday, Nov 3. The event surveyed the moral obligation and limits of its participants. Members used hypothetical situations to spark [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":823,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[35],"class_list":{"0":"post-822","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-campus-news","8":"tag-clubs"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mdcmediahub.aus.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/822","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mdcmediahub.aus.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mdcmediahub.aus.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mdcmediahub.aus.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mdcmediahub.aus.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=822"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mdcmediahub.aus.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/822\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mdcmediahub.aus.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/823"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mdcmediahub.aus.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=822"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mdcmediahub.aus.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=822"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mdcmediahub.aus.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=822"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}