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Theron Pummer on the Rules of Rescue

Philosophy Bites

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The Importance of Lifetime Requirements to Help Others

"To live permissibly, we need to take seriously the idea that we have something like a lifetime requirement to help others," he says. "For many people living in affluent countries, giving 10% of their lifetime resources to helping prevent serious harm to others would constitute a relatively small cost" He adds: 'I don't think you need to be worried about it all the time'

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