A quick google search tells me that Singer has apparently, at the very least, told people not to donate to Princeton or Yale (Singer has been associated with both):
тАЬPrinceton has an endowment, at the time of writing, of US$21 billion and Yale of US$23.9 billion тАж the money you donate to one of them could probably do more good elsewhere.тАЭ
So, no, Singer does not merely criticise donations to places that he does not personally like, if thatтАЩs the accusation you are making. He is considerably more philosophically consistent than that.
Thanks. I guess the big difference is that Notre Dame is open to all human beings, whereas Princeton is open mostly only to the American elite. So it is more ethically pressing -- much more, I'd wager -- to redistribute the Princeton endowment than the money that goes into fixing one of humanity's most beautiful buildings.
PS - I happen to know that when Singer spent a sabbatical year at the Sorbonne, he went to Mass at Notre Dame every morning. So there.
Has Singer ever said what his employer Princeton should do with its endowment?
https://paw.princeton.edu/article/princetons-endowment-2024-39-return-lags-behind-peers
A quick google search tells me that Singer has apparently, at the very least, told people not to donate to Princeton or Yale (Singer has been associated with both):
тАЬPrinceton has an endowment, at the time of writing, of US$21 billion and Yale of US$23.9 billion тАж the money you donate to one of them could probably do more good elsewhere.тАЭ
Quoted here: https://www.greenleft.org.au/content/big-blind-spots-peter-singers-philanthro-capitalism
So, no, Singer does not merely criticise donations to places that he does not personally like, if thatтАЩs the accusation you are making. He is considerably more philosophically consistent than that.
Thanks. I guess the big difference is that Notre Dame is open to all human beings, whereas Princeton is open mostly only to the American elite. So it is more ethically pressing -- much more, I'd wager -- to redistribute the Princeton endowment than the money that goes into fixing one of humanity's most beautiful buildings.
Probably.