EA Ottawa Book Club - Death in a Shallow Pond

Hi everyone!

Kevin here to share this next EA Ottawa event organized by Darren.

Our next meetup will be an interesting 'book club' discussion of "Death in a Shallow Pond” by David Edmonds. ( https://www.indigo.ca/en-ca/death-in-a-shallow-pond-a-philosopher-a-drowning-child-and-strangers-in-need/9780691254029.html ).

The book explores the famous thought experiment of a child drowning in a pond and whether you should help them (and what that implies), as well as an exploration of the Effective Altruism movement (and objections of course).

You're encouraged to read the book but if pressed for time, please read the essay Famine, Affluence, and Morality (11 pages long)

link to free pdf: https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&opi=89978449&url=https://rintintin.colorado.edu/~vancecd/phil308/Singer2.pdf&ved=2ahUKEwjGwpWjpaeUAxUq3PACHZvaBr0QFnoECB8QAQ&usg=AOvVaw2Di7I3CHVp7hMXw1BAcXk5

(or you can google for a free PDF - there’s a book by the same name, with the original essay (our reading material) contained in the book)

All are welcome for an evening of moral reflection, even if you're coming for the first time.

We will meet June 5th at 7pm at the NAC. If there's no rain in the forecast then we'll meet at the patio on the roof of the NAC (called the Wood Terrace). (See below for directions to the patio.) If the forecast expects rain then we’ll meet in the the couch lounge on the Elgin St level of the NAC. It’s straight towards the back from the Elgin St entrance.

Hope to see you there!

Appendix 1: Directions to the patio To get to the patio on the roof of the NAC starting from the sidewalk outside the Elgin St entrance, walk south (away from the War Memorial) until you find some stairs going to the roof (you should find stairs before you turn on to Albert St). Proceed up the stairs and turn left. You’ll reach a ramp up to the patio.