Poverty & Our Response to It: Crash Course Philosophy #44

2017-01-30

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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.

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https://www.againstmalaria.com

http://www.givewell.org/international/top-charities/deworm-world-initiative

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