[libraryofbabel]

I expect the book itself (Death in a Shallow Pond: A Philosopher, a Drowning Child, and Strangers in Need, by David Edmonds) is good, as the author has written a lot of other solid books making philosophy accessible. The title of the article though, is rather clickbaity: it’s hardly “recovering” the origins of EA to say that it owes a huge debt to Peter Singer, who is only the most famous utilitarian philosopher of the late 20th century!

(Peter Singer’s books are also good: his Hegel: A Very Short Introduction made me feel kinda like I understood what Hegel was getting at. I probably don’t of course, but it was nice to feel that way!)

[dang]

Ok, we've de-recovered the origins in the title above.

[Viliam1234]

> it’s hardly “recovering” the origins of EA to say that it owes a huge debt to Peter Singer

Guessing by the contents of this comment section, many people seem to believe that EA was invented by SBF, so it can be quite a shock for them to learn otherwise.

(That of course assumes that they would read the article...)