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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.
This Semester's Events
Full list of CEPPA talks for academic year, 2018 - 2019
Wednesday 26 September, 2018- Cheshire Calhoun (Arizona) - 4.30 – 6pm in Edgecliffe 104
Wednesday 3rd October 2018 - Mette High (Social Anthropology, St Andrews) 11am-12.30pm…
Events 2017-18
Full list of events for academic year 2017-18, semester 2.
St Andrews CEPPA Graduate Conference - Call for Papers
Call for papers for the CEPPA Graduate Conference. The deadline for submissions is the 9th of November 2017.
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.
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).
Philosophical Quarterly Essay Prize
The Philosophical Quarterly welcomes essays of 8,000 words or fewer addressing the philosophy of effective altruism.
Past CEPPA Talks
The 2017-18 schedule is now available.
Risky Giving
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.