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"The Rules of Rescue: Core Ideas"
In this talk, I present some core ideas from The Rules of Rescue. These include the following. (1) There are “requiring reasons” to help strangers, but they fail to generate moral requirements when there are sufficiently strong “permitting reasons” not to incur the costs of helping. (2) It is wrong to help a lesser number of strangers rather than help at least twice as many others, all else equal. (3) It can be wrong to help a lesser rather than greater number of strangers, even when it is permissible to help no one. (4) There are strong requiring reasons to help distant strangers by donating to charity, even if there are morally relevant differences between donating and rescuing nearby strangers from drowning. (5) The costs you reasonably expect you will incur in helping others over the course of your life can make it permissible not to help now. Julia Nefsky and Sergio Tenenbaum have recently objected to my arguments for (3), (4), and (5). I will respond to their objections.
- Venue
- 50/52 College Bounds, CB203
- Contact
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All welcome, no booking required.
For further details please contact:
Dr Eilidh Beaton