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Charity
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Notes from the resident sceptic: what effective altruism gets right, and where I get off
Four years in a student effective altruism group convinced me of its central claim and left me doubting much of what has been built on top of it.
Written by Ethan Mercer1 reply -
Dasvandh asks a tenth of my income. Is a fixed share better than giving whatever conscience demands?
I'm new to formal philosophy, so please be patient with me. In Sikh practice there is dasvandh, giving a tenth of what you earn for the community and for those in need. My parents did it, I do it, and I like…
Started by Harpreet Kaur Grewal5 replies -
Pity is a form of disrespect, and fundraising that runs on it harms the people it claims to help
I've used a wheelchair since I was fourteen. I've been prayed over in shopping centres, praised for "being out and about", and used in charity campaigns I was never asked about. So I'll state my thesis plainly. Thesis: pity is a form…
Started by Dima Nasser5 replies -
Reading group: Jane Addams, Democracy and Social Ethics, the chapter on charity, over two weeks
Jane Addams co-founded Hull House on Chicago's Near West Side in 1889 and wrote philosophy out of what happened there. Democracy and Social Ethics (1902) is her most philosophical book, and its chapter "Charitable Effort" is the one I give every new…
Started by Dana Whitfield1 reply