Senior Lecturer, Department of Philosophy
Biography
My work within practical ethics has focused on charitable giving and the philosophical foundations of effective altruism. See, for example: https://ceppa.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/research-projects/effective-altruism/
Selected publications
‘The Rules of Rescue: Cost, Distance and Effective Altruism’ Oxford University Press Available open access: The Rules of Rescue – Theron Pummer
‘Whether and Where to Give’ (2016) Philosophy and Public Affairs 44(1): 77–95
‘Effective Altruism’ (2020) International Encyclopedia of Ethics, edited by Hugh LaFollette (with William MacAskill)
‘Effective Justice’ (2020) Journal of Moral Philosophy 17(4): 398–415 (with Roger Crisp)
‘Review of The Precipice: Existential Risk and the Future of Humanity, by Toby Ord, New York: Hachette, 2020′ (2020) Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews
The Rules of Rescue: Cost, Distance, and Effective Altruism (book under contract with Oxford University Press) [Draft available upon request]
