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About Jeffrey Flynn

Jeffrey Flynn is associate professor of philosophy at Fordham University. His first book was Reframing the Intercultural Dialogue on Human Rights: A Philosophical Approach (Routledge, 2014). In 2013–2014 he was a Member in the School of Social Science at the Institute for Advanced Study (Princeton, NJ). He is currently working on a book on humanitarianism.

Do-gooders

August 3, 2019 by
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Abstract: This essay reviews three books: Larissa MacFarquhar, Strangers Drowning: Grappling with Impossible Idealism, Drastic Choices, and the Overpowering Urge to Help (Penguin Press 2015); Jennifer Rubenstein, Between Samaritans and States: The Political Ethics of Humanitarian INGOs (Oxford University Press 2015); and Peter Singer, The Most Good You Can Do: How Effective Altruism is Changing Ideas About Living Ethically (Yale University Press 2015). The essay traces some similarities and differences between various modes of altruism and humanitarianism, arguing that the shared moral vision that animates Continue reading → Continue reading →