Comments on: Episode 15: Peter Singer http://developmentdrums.org/246 A podcast about the news in international development and the fight against global poverty. Sat, 01 May 2010 20:33:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Richard Laming http://developmentdrums.org/246/comment-page-1#comment-242 Richard Laming Fri, 24 Jul 2009 14:18:49 +0000 http://developmentdrums.org/?p=246#comment-242 I thought the discussion was very interesting indeed. The conflict between morality and human nature is an important one to solve. http://www.federalunion.org.uk/blog/2009/07/life-you-can-save.html I thought the discussion was very interesting indeed. The conflict between morality and human nature is an important one to solve.

http://www.federalunion.org.uk/blog/2009/07/life-you-can-save.html

]]> By: The Atheist Missionary http://developmentdrums.org/246/comment-page-1#comment-214 The Atheist Missionary Sat, 20 Jun 2009 22:27:15 +0000 http://developmentdrums.org/?p=246#comment-214 Your podcast with Singer was fanstastic. It was my pleasure to add you to my subscriptions on iTunes. Best regards from Ontario, Canada. Your podcast with Singer was fanstastic. It was my pleasure to add you to my subscriptions on iTunes. Best regards from Ontario, Canada.

]]> By: Brian Barder http://developmentdrums.org/246/comment-page-1#comment-203 Brian Barder Mon, 15 Jun 2009 08:35:17 +0000 http://developmentdrums.org/?p=246#comment-203 Another fascinating and -- this time -- challenging interview. My only rather self-serving reservation about Professor Singer's injunction to individuals to obey the moral imperative to give money for third world poverty reduction is that in practice private contributions by individuals are never going to be more than a fraction of the money spent for the same purpose by governments: which arguably means that each individual's top priority should be actively to support whichever political party is likely to carry out generous and effective development policies in office (including development aid but also trade and other policies likely to contribute to poverty reduction). In other words, collective action, as always, is incomparably more likely to be effective than any number of individual acts. But of course the two things are not in any sense alternatives and I accept that we should all do both. <b>Brian</b> <a href="http://www.barder.com/ephems/" rel="nofollow">http://www.barder.com/ephems/</a> Another fascinating and — this time — challenging interview. My only rather self-serving reservation about Professor Singer’s injunction to individuals to obey the moral imperative to give money for third world poverty reduction is that in practice private contributions by individuals are never going to be more than a fraction of the money spent for the same purpose by governments: which arguably means that each individual’s top priority should be actively to support whichever political party is likely to carry out generous and effective development policies in office (including development aid but also trade and other policies likely to contribute to poverty reduction). In other words, collective action, as always, is incomparably more likely to be effective than any number of individual acts. But of course the two things are not in any sense alternatives and I accept that we should all do both.

Brian
http://www.barder.com/ephems/

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