Theron Pummer is a Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of St Andrews, and Director of the Centre for Ethics, Philosophy and Public Affairs. Previously he was a Junior Research Fellow in Philosophy at the University of Oxford. He received his PhD from the University of California, San Diego. Pummer's articles have been published in such journals as The Journal of Philosophy, Ethics, Philosophy and Public Affairs, Analysis, Philosophical Studies, Philosophy and Phenomenological Research, and Philosophical Review.

Having a special appeal and value for readers with an interest in the philosophy underpinning ethics, philanthropy, charity, and morality, The Rules of Rescue: Cost, Distance, and Effective Altruism is a seminal, thought provoking work which is unreservedly recommended for personal, professional, community, and academic library Contemporary Philosophy collections.

• Dedication Acknowledgements IntroductionChapter One: Requirements to Rescue and Permissions Not toChapter Two: Numbers CountChapter Three: The All or Nothing ProblemChapter Four: PraiseworthinessChapter Five: Distant RescuesChapter Six: Frequent RescuesChapter Seven: Special ConnectionsChapter Eight: Must You Be An Effective Altruist? Glossary of CasesNotesBibliography

Theron Pummer is a Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of St Andrews, and Director of the Centre for Ethics, Philosophy and Public Affairs. Previously he was a Junior Research Fellow in Philosophy at the University of Oxford. He received his PhD from the University of California, San Diego. Pummer's articles have been published in such journals as The Journal of Philosophy, Ethics, Philosophy and Public Affairs, Analysis, Philosophical Studies, Philosophy and Phenomenological Research, and Philosophical Review.

Having a special appeal and value for readers with an interest in the philosophy underpinning ethics, philanthropy, charity, and morality, The Rules of Rescue: Cost, Distance, and Effective Altruism is a seminal, thought provoking work which is unreservedly recommended for personal, professional, community, and academic library Contemporary Philosophy collections.

• Dedication Acknowledgements IntroductionChapter One: Requirements to Rescue and Permissions Not toChapter Two: Numbers CountChapter Three: The All or Nothing ProblemChapter Four: PraiseworthinessChapter Five: Distant RescuesChapter Six: Frequent RescuesChapter Seven: Special ConnectionsChapter Eight: Must You Be An Effective Altruist? Glossary of CasesNotesBibliography

Theron Pummer is a Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of St Andrews, and Director of the Centre for Ethics, Philosophy and Public Affairs. Previously he was a Junior Research Fellow in Philosophy at the University of Oxford. He received his PhD from the University of California, San Diego. Pummer's articles have been published in such journals as The Journal of Philosophy, Ethics, Philosophy and Public Affairs, Analysis, Philosophical Studies, Philosophy and Phenomenological Research, and Philosophical Review.

Having a special appeal and value for readers with an interest in the philosophy underpinning ethics, philanthropy, charity, and morality, The Rules of Rescue: Cost, Distance, and Effective Altruism is a seminal, thought provoking work which is unreservedly recommended for personal, professional, community, and academic library Contemporary Philosophy collections.

• Dedication Acknowledgements IntroductionChapter One: Requirements to Rescue and Permissions Not toChapter Two: Numbers CountChapter Three: The All or Nothing ProblemChapter Four: PraiseworthinessChapter Five: Distant RescuesChapter Six: Frequent RescuesChapter Seven: Special ConnectionsChapter Eight: Must You Be An Effective Altruist? Glossary of CasesNotesBibliography