Peter Unger is a philosopher best known for his advocacy of a particular ethical position. That position can basically be stated as the following: We should donate as much money as possible to humanitarian organizations which mitigate world hunger (e.g. Oxfam, Unicef). His basis for asserting this position is that it is the utilitarian thing to do, provided that one's utilitarian ethos applies to people the world over (as opposed to merely those in one's own country or some other exclusionary... read more

Prima facie copious objects of consciousness appear to be in a state of stasis or immobility. This appearance is an illusion because recognition of objects is a process, and thus there must be a temporal context to perception. It follows that all human experiences can meaningfully be said to be within the context of flux or becoming, rather than in a state of being or changelessness. This notion has an interesting bearing on truth, which must perfore be temporary and contextually based in ord... read more