Effective giving: how the world’s wealthy could help millions more people for free
Theron Pummer argues that billionaires who pledge fortunes to charity must not just give big, but give effectively.
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2017 Knox Lecture
A video recording of Prof Peter Singer’s Knox Lecture. Singer spoke to an audience of over 300 people, and the lecture raised over £1600 in donations for effective charities.
Conference on The Ethics of Giving
Video recordings of talks given at The Ethics of Giving Conference (23 May to 25 May in School III, University of St Andrews).
Philosophers on the General Election
Alex Douglas, Katherine Hawley, and other philosophers on the General Election.
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.
Stop Supporting the Living Wage Movement!
Ben Sachs argues that there are reasons to be wary of the campaign for a living wage.
The dirty politics of scapegoating – and why victims are always the harmless, easy targets
Alex Douglas on scapegoating in current politics.
Values, Voting, and Expertise
Katherine Hawley asks: How far can we trust experts when we’re deciding how to vote?
Presidents Club dinner: why good deeds never justify bad actions
Anh Quan Nguyen in The Conversation, on moral licensing.
2016 Knox Lecture
Prof Rae Langton on ‘Blocking as Counter-speech’.