poverty our response to it crash course philosophy 44

we’re picking up where we left off last time, exploring the “ethics of care” and how it applies to extreme poverty. are we responding to global poverty in a moral way? philosophers like peter singer argue that we have an obligation to prevent harm caused by poverty, whereas garrett hardin offers a “lifeboat analogy” to explain our obligations to focus on caring for our own.


https://www.oxfam.org
http://www.thelifeyoucansave.org
https://www.againstmalaria.com
http://www.givewell.org/international/top-charities/deworm-world-initiative



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poverty our response to it crash course philosophy 44