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Join Ethics lecturer, Dr Jim Chamberlain for insight into studying on our Philosophy courses at university level. After Jim's talk, there will the opportunity to ask questions about the topic, our courses, and student life. at University of Sheffield

Philosophy taster session: Are We Morally Obliged to be Poor?

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Join Ethics lecturer, Dr Jim Chamberlain for insight into studying on our Philosophy courses at university level. After Jim's talk, there will the opportunity to ask questions about the topic, our courses, and student life.
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29th April 2026
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Are We Morally Obliged to be Poor? Almost everyone agrees that there are some occasions where we morally ought to help others, even if doing so comes at a high cost to us. Peter Singer argues that we have much stronger moral duties to people than we recognise, and that we ought to be giving most of our money to charity. We will consider his arguments for this claim, and try to work out if we really should make ourselves poor to help others.

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29th April 2026
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