Philanthropy Policymaking in Historical Perspective (Annual Lecture 2024)
These are the slides to accompany a lecture given every year since 2017 by Rhodri Davies for the MSc course in Philanthropy, Grantmaking & Social Investment at Bayes Business School, City University of London.
Does Philanthropy Make You a Good Person?
9th September 2023
We explore how and why philanthropy informs our judgements about other people’s moral worth.
Em um mundo ideal não haveria filantropia?
Joao Paulo Vergueiro, Director of Giving Tuesday’s Latin America & Caribbean Hub, translates Rhodri Davies’s recent WPM article “In an Ideal World, Would There Be No Philanthropy?” into Portuguese.
In An Ideal World, Would There Be No Philanthropy?
14th July 2023
We explore the idea that “in an ideal world there would be no philanthropy”: why does it have such deep roots, how should we understand it, and is it right?
Why Am I Not an Effective Altruist?
17 August 2022
We explore why, despite there being plenty to admire about Effective Altruism, many are still uneasy about the movement’s ideas and influence.
