Add to ORKGWe might worry that Peter Singer’s argument from “Famine, Affluence, and Morality” is unconvincing to non-consequentialists who accept moral constraints against imposing significant risks of harm on individuals. After all, giving to overseas charities often comes with such risks. I argue that plausible non-consequentialist criteria imply that it is not wrong to give to at least some of the charities that Singer and other effective altruists recommend
A commonly held view is that giving to the poor is superogatory i.e. that while it is a good thing t...
In the last chapter of Responding to Global Poverty, Barry and Øverland argue that there are moral r...
I propose the driving force behind Peter Singer\u27s philosophical theory is the question “how are w...
We might worry that Peter Singer’s argument from “Famine, Affluence, and Morality” is unconvincing t...
Effective altruists recommend that we give large sums to charity, but by far their more central mess...
Peter Singer’s famous and influential article is criticised in three main ways that can be considere...
question many Americans frequently encounter is whether or not they should give money to aid develop...
In the aftermath of Peter Singer’s ‘Famine, Affluence and Morality’, the argument he put forward rec...
This paper is an examination of the ethical principles of effective altruism as they are articulated...
Utilitarianism, it has been said, is not sensitive to the distribution of welfare. In making risky d...
Garrett Cullity concedes that saving a drowning child from a shallow pond at little cost to oneself ...
As effective altruists often point out affluent people can do great good for others without having t...
A commonly held view is that giving to the poor is superogatory i.e. that while it is a good thing t...
In the last chapter of Responding to Global Poverty, Barry and Øverland argue that there are moral r...
I propose the driving force behind Peter Singer\u27s philosophical theory is the question “how are w...
We might worry that Peter Singer’s argument from “Famine, Affluence, and Morality” is unconvincing t...
Effective altruists recommend that we give large sums to charity, but by far their more central mess...
Peter Singer’s famous and influential article is criticised in three main ways that can be considere...
question many Americans frequently encounter is whether or not they should give money to aid develop...
In the aftermath of Peter Singer’s ‘Famine, Affluence and Morality’, the argument he put forward rec...
This paper is an examination of the ethical principles of effective altruism as they are articulated...
Utilitarianism, it has been said, is not sensitive to the distribution of welfare. In making risky d...
Garrett Cullity concedes that saving a drowning child from a shallow pond at little cost to oneself ...
As effective altruists often point out affluent people can do great good for others without having t...
A commonly held view is that giving to the poor is superogatory i.e. that while it is a good thing t...
In the last chapter of Responding to Global Poverty, Barry and Øverland argue that there are moral r...
I propose the driving force behind Peter Singer\u27s philosophical theory is the question “how are w...