How can we best help those in need? Peter Singer has argued for 'effective altruism' focusing on consequences. In this episode of the Philosophy Bites podcast Larry Temkin questions some of Peter Singer's assumptions about the consequences of aid, before discussing wider issues about whom we should help, how, and why.
Listen to Larry Temkin on Obligations to the Needy
Listen to an earlier interview with Larry Temkin on Transitivity
This interview was recorded at the Oxford Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics, where Larry Temkin was giving the 2017 Uehiro annual lectures. You can listen to these lectures here.
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