The Importance of a Broader Moral Tradition

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One of the things that i find interesting about your work and retanism, broader moral tradition is very condeno in surprising directions. But alot time, differet philosophical outlooks would have come together and red with neat packages of views. Whereas, by the nature of it, you might have quite radical and quite surprising views about what changes in the world do or don't serve to maximize happiness over pains. So as funny, bhat to bring bat out, this an example. One of your first famous papers argues that our obligations to help people are much less constrained by the extent to which we know them than we might think. And again if you're a citizen of an affluan country

Peter Singer, the Ira W. DeCamp Professor of Bioethics at Princeton University, is one of the most influential philosophers of the past fifty years. A leading exponent of utilitarianism, he has often explored how individuals can improve the lot of those in need with their own choices.

In this week’s conversation, Peter Singer and Yascha Mounk discuss what utilitarianism gets right, whether the effective altruism movement is effective, and why freedom of inquiry is crucial to improving the world.

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