PEA Soup Discussion of “Whether and Where to Give”
An online discussion of Theron Pummer’s “Whether and Where to Give” (in Philosophy & Public Affairs, 2016) with a critical précis by Johann Frick.
An online discussion of Theron Pummer’s “Whether and Where to Give” (in Philosophy & Public Affairs, 2016) with a critical précis by Johann Frick.
Ben Sachs argues that there are reasons to be wary of the campaign for a living wage.
Alex Douglas on scapegoating in current politics.
Katherine Hawley asks: How far can we trust experts when we’re deciding how to vote?
Anh Quan Nguyen in The Conversation, on moral licensing.
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, even when this comes with significant risk of doing harm.
How should we compare a decrease in average quality of life with a gain in population size? Can invoking indeterminacy help solve the difficult theoretical problems in population ethics?
Excerpt from John Haldane’s *Practical Philosophy: Ethics, Culture and Society* (2009) ‘Introduction’.
An article by John Haldane that first appeared in the Scotsman newspaper in 2008.
Extract from Chapter 1 of past Knox Lecturer Neil MacCormick’s short book *Who’s Afraid of a European Constitution?* (2005).