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Aug 2011
52m 24s

1. Arguments from Beneficence, Part 1

OXFORD UNIVERSITY
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James Grant, Lecturer in Philosophy at Oxford University, introduces some of the key concepts in philosophical debates about global poverty. He then discusses Peter Singer's argument that not donating to aid agencies is as wrong as letting a drowning child die. 
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2. Arguments from Beneficence, Part 2
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