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The Good Fight

Peter Singer on How to Reduce Suffering

The Good Fight

Yascha Mounk

News

4.7963 Ratings

🗓️ 30 October 2021

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

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. This transcript has been condensed and lightly edited for clarity. Please do listen and spread the word about The Good Fight. If you have not yet signed up for our podcast, please do so now by following this link on your phone. Email: podcast@persuasion.community  Website: http://www.persuasion.community Podcast production by John T. Williams, and Brendan Ruberry Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Connect with us! Spotify | Apple | Google Twitter: @Yascha_Mounk & @joinpersuasion Youtube: Yascha Mounk LinkedIn: Persuasion Community Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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I think whether somebody is on the other side of the world from a completely different

0:45.9

culture from yours, different country, or whether they're a fellow citizen isn't really that

0:52.0

important morally as compared with the differences in their

0:55.7

needs and again if you're a citizen of an Afron country the amount of difference you can make when

1:00.8

helping somebody who's in extreme poverty who's living on two dollars a day.

1:05.4

There's just so much more difference you can make because of the laws of diminishing marginal utility,

1:10.9

helping somebody like that, then helping somebody in your own country who might

1:14.6

be classified as being in poverty in an affluent country but that probably means they're

1:18.6

on 20,000 dollars a year maybe where modest amounts are not going to make life-changing

1:23.6

differences. And now the good fight with Yasha Monk.

1:29.6

Normally I start off this podcast by telling you about something I'm excited about,

1:38.2

something I've observed about the world, some opinion that I have about an important thing going on right now. Well, today is a little bit different.

1:47.9

We've been doing a real push on the podcast, a real push to get the best possible guests,

1:55.0

the most interesting conversation partners,

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