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Camilo Giraldo speaks with Anni Räty, Assistant Professor at the University of Vienna, about the duty of beneficence. We often think of giving to charity as generous but optional—something that earns admiration without being required. But what if this is mistaken? What if failing to help others, when we can, is morally wrong? Many philosophers have argued that we are obligated to do much more for others than we typically assume. Yet this duty raises difficult questions: how much are we required to give, whom should we help, and how should these demands be balanced against our own lives?
By Radiotop e. V.Camilo Giraldo speaks with Anni Räty, Assistant Professor at the University of Vienna, about the duty of beneficence. We often think of giving to charity as generous but optional—something that earns admiration without being required. But what if this is mistaken? What if failing to help others, when we can, is morally wrong? Many philosophers have argued that we are obligated to do much more for others than we typically assume. Yet this duty raises difficult questions: how much are we required to give, whom should we help, and how should these demands be balanced against our own lives?