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The Ethics of Giving

Philanthropist Footballers: The Bigger Picture

September 4, 2017August 10, 2017 by Theron Pummer

Joe Slater invites us to take a broader perspective on footballer Juan Mata’s decision to pledge 1% to charity.

Categories Commentaries, Effective Altruism Tags Juan Mata, The Ethics of Giving

Effective giving: how the world’s wealthy could help millions more people for free

November 16, 2018June 14, 2017 by Theron Pummer

Theron Pummer argues that billionaires who pledge fortunes to charity must not just give big, but give effectively.

Categories Commentaries, Effective Altruism Tags Bill Gates, Giving Pledge, Melinda Gates, The Ethics of Giving, Warren Buffett

Conference on The Ethics of Giving

November 16, 2018May 30, 2017 by Theron Pummer

Video recordings of talks given at The Ethics of Giving Conference (23 May to 25 May in School III, University of St Andrews).

Categories Effective Altruism, Events Tags The Ethics of Giving

PEA Soup Discussion of “Whether and Where to Give”

April 15, 2017 by Theron Pummer

An online discussion of Theron Pummer’s “Whether and Where to Give” (in Philosophy & Public Affairs, 2016) with a critical précis by Johann Frick.

Categories Commentaries, Effective Altruism, Publications, Research Projects Tags Johann Frick, The Ethics of Giving, Theron Pummer

Risky Giving 

June 13, 2017April 6, 2016 by Michael Arrowsmith

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.

Categories Commentaries, Effective Altruism Tags Christian Barry, Leif Wenar, Peter Singer, The Ethics of Giving

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