Tag: charity
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What Can Professional Philosophers Learn from Philosophy for Children? (guest post)
“I should have presented my topic using the p4c [philosophy for children] method,” said a philosopher about about his talk at a conference on…
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Singer Makes Time Magazine’s “Most Influential People Shaping the Future of Giving”
Time magazine has included philosopher Peter Singer in its “Time 100 Philanthropy 2025,” its list of “the 100 most influential people shaping the future of…
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Philosophers Against Malaria Fundraising Results
The Philosophers Against Malaria Fundraising Competition has come to a close. Which philosophy department won?
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Philosophers Against Malaria: Fundraising Competition Results
The “Philosophers Against Malaria” fundraising competition among departments of philosophy has concluded, and in total generated $27,089.
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Stanley Accepts Visiting Position in Ukraine; Will Donate Entire Salary
Jason Stanley, professor of philosophy at Yale University, has accepted a permanent visiting position at the Kyiv School of Economics in Ukraine.
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Philosophers Against Malaria: Fundraising Competition Across Departments
What good can philosophers do? Let’s see.
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Philosopher Takes Practical Steps to Address Gender Inequality
Ajume Wingo, Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Colorado, Boulder, founded the non-profit company PridePads to help women in Cameroon combat gender…
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Philosophers Against Malaria Charity Drive
Your philosophy department may be good, but how good is it
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The Philosopher Advising Billionaires on Philanthropy
“Advising billionaires on how to give away their money and encourage them to give more is definitely not where I saw my life going.”
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Ways to Help Ukraine
Daniel (Daniil) M. Ozernyi of Northwestern University writes: I am a Ukrainian. I am sure you are aware of the situation which befell my…
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Having a Say in What You Believe and Finding “New Ways of Being”
One way philosophy professors try to interest new students in philosophy is by appealling to the idea that philosophy can help them be more…
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Boonin & Singer Raising Funds to Reduce COVID-19’s Impact in Poorer Countries
David Boonin, professor of philosophy at the University of Colorado and organizer of the Colorado Summer Seminar in Philosophy for undergraduates, was hoping to get Peter Singer (Princeton)…
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Charity Fundraising Contest for Academics
Three years ago, a group of graduate students in philosophy set up an fundraiser in which philosophy departments could compete to raise money for…
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Philanthropy for Philosophy: Fleeting Fad or Fertile Future?
“Are we on the cusp of a philosophy giving golden age?”
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Giving the Horse A Thorough Dental Exam
T1: Johns Hopkins announces that its Department of Philosophy is receiving a $75 million gift from investor Bill Miller—the largest single donation ever to a…
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Philosophers Against Factory Farming – A Fundraiser Competition
Last year, a group of graduate students at Rutgers set up a fundraising competition for philosophy departments to support the Against Malaria Foundation. It…
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Virtues of Philosophers: Humility, Curiosity, Charity, Courage, and Grace
What are the virtues of a philosopher? I won’t pretend this is an uncontroversial question, but I leave aside the tasks of defending it…
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Philosophers Against Malaria Results
The Philosophers Against Malaria competition recently ended. Carolina Flores Henrique (Rutgers) wrote to share the results:
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Philosophers Against Malaria: Get Your Department Involved
A group of philosophy graduate students at Rutgers University have set up an inter-department competitive fundraiser for the Against Malaria Foundation (AMF). The fundraiser starts…
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This is It!
Today is the last day of the Daily Nous t-shirt sale! As far as I know, this is the only shirt with this fantastic…