Poster of Crash Course Philosophy - Season 1 - Episode 44 - Poverty & Our Response to It

Crash Course Philosophy - Season 1 - Poverty & Our Response to It (Episode 44)

Plot: We’re picking up where we left off last time, exploring the “ethics of care” and how it applies to extreme poverty. Are we responding to global poverty in a moral way? Philosophers like Peter Singer argue that we have an obligation to prevent harm caused by poverty, whereas Garrett Hardin offers a “lifeboat analogy” to explain our obligations to focus on caring for our own
Episode Aired On:
Monday, January 30 2017
7 years ago