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Tuesday, February 28, 2017
Monday, February 27, 2017
the guardian: Just who are these 300 'scientists' telling Trump to burn the climate?
Just who are these 300 'scientists' telling Trump to burn the climate?
the guardian
John Abraham: As with all such lists, the 300 'scientists' badly lack climate expertise Read the full story
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Sunday, February 26, 2017
Art is a waste of time – or so Effective Altruism claims | Aeon Essays
https://aeon.co/essays/art-is-a-waste-of-time-or-so-effective-altruism-claims
In 1972, the Australian moral philosopher Peter Singer published an essay called 'Famine, Affluence, and Morality', which contained the following thought experiment. Suppose you saw a child drowning in a pond: would you jump in and rescue her, even if you hadn't pushed her in? Even if it meant ruining your clothes? It would be highly controversial to say 'no' – and yet most of us manage to ignore those dying of poverty and preventable disease all over the world, though we could easily help them. Singer argues that this inconsistency is unjustifiable. The EAs agree, and have dedicated their lives to living out the radical implications of this philosophy. If distance is morally irrelevant, then devastating poverty and preventable disease surround us. Any break we take from working to reduce suffering throughout the world is like having a leisurely nap beside a lake where thousands of children are screaming for our help.
_- Steve
In 1972, the Australian moral philosopher Peter Singer published an essay called 'Famine, Affluence, and Morality', which contained the following thought experiment. Suppose you saw a child drowning in a pond: would you jump in and rescue her, even if you hadn't pushed her in? Even if it meant ruining your clothes? It would be highly controversial to say 'no' – and yet most of us manage to ignore those dying of poverty and preventable disease all over the world, though we could easily help them. Singer argues that this inconsistency is unjustifiable. The EAs agree, and have dedicated their lives to living out the radical implications of this philosophy. If distance is morally irrelevant, then devastating poverty and preventable disease surround us. Any break we take from working to reduce suffering throughout the world is like having a leisurely nap beside a lake where thousands of children are screaming for our help.
_- Steve
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