Just sharing a quick link in case it’s of interest: Many will recall Leif Wenar’s WIRED article from last year, which attacked charitable giving from a philosophical perspective of valorizing status quo bias. There was plenty of discussion of his substantive arguments at the time. One thing that people mostly just politely overlooked was his very public attack on Will MacAskill as a philosopher. My latest post revisits the controversy to assess whether his charges against MacAskill were reasonable.
(The bulk of the post is paywalled, but you should be able to activate a 7-day free trial if you aren’t otherwise interested in my work.)
Just sharing a quick link in case it’s of interest: Many will recall Leif Wenar’s WIRED article from last year, which attacked charitable giving from a philosophical perspective of valorizing status quo bias. There was plenty of discussion of his substantive arguments at the time. One thing that people mostly just politely overlooked was his very public attack on Will MacAskill as a philosopher. My latest post revisits the controversy to assess whether his charges against MacAskill were reasonable.
(The bulk of the post is paywalled, but you should be able to activate a 7-day free trial if you aren’t otherwise interested in my work.)