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In a world filled with both enormous wealth and pockets of great devastation, how should the well-off respond to the world''s needy?This is the urgent central question of Being Good in a World of Need. Larry S. Temkin, one of the world''s foremost ethicists, challenges common assumptions about philanthropy, his own prior beliefs, and the dominant philosophical positions of Peter Singer and Effective Altruism. Filled with keen analysis and insightful discussions of philosophy, current events, development economics, history, literature, and age-old wisdom, this book is a thorough and sobering exploration of the complicated ways that global aid may incentivize disastrous policies, reward corruption, and foster brain drains that hinder social and economic development.Using real-world examples and illuminating thought experiments, Temkin discusses ethical imperialism, humanitarian versus developmental aid, how charities ignore or coverup negative impacts, replicability and scaling-up proble

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      Publisher: Oxford University Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 1/29/2024
      ISBN13: 9780198912132, 978-0198912132
      ISBN10: 198912137
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      Book Synopsis
      In a world filled with both enormous wealth and pockets of great devastation, how should the well-off respond to the world''s needy?This is the urgent central question of Being Good in a World of Need. Larry S. Temkin, one of the world''s foremost ethicists, challenges common assumptions about philanthropy, his own prior beliefs, and the dominant philosophical positions of Peter Singer and Effective Altruism. Filled with keen analysis and insightful discussions of philosophy, current events, development economics, history, literature, and age-old wisdom, this book is a thorough and sobering exploration of the complicated ways that global aid may incentivize disastrous policies, reward corruption, and foster brain drains that hinder social and economic development.Using real-world examples and illuminating thought experiments, Temkin discusses ethical imperialism, humanitarian versus developmental aid, how charities ignore or coverup negative impacts, replicability and scaling-up proble

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