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Issue 73 Contents

3 - From the Editor James Garvey
4 - News Kerrie Grain
8 - Uncomfortable Viewing A M Ferner

Opinions
14 - The Five Parameters Rupert Read
22 - Want to Be Good at Philosophy Peter Boghossian and James A. Lindsay
28 - The Skeptic Wendy M. Grossman

Thoughts
30 - Remembering Hilary Putman Lindsay Waters
33 - Is Whiteness Real? Linda Martin Alcoff
41 - Making Sense of Smell Ann-Sophie Barwich
48 - When is it OK to Compromise? Mark D. White
54 - Snapshot: Nicholas Malebranche Lawrence Harvey
29 - Philosophy that matters Peter Boghossian

The Forum:
Effective Altruism
58 - Introduction James Garvey
60 - From "Famine, Affluence and Morality" to Effective Altruism Peter Singer
62 - Risky Giving Theron Pummer
71 - Being Right on the Money Hilary Greaves
77 - From Charity to Justice Rachelle Bascara
84 - Should it be More Affective? Samantha Earle and Rupert Read
92 - Philosophical Critiques Jeff McMahan

Thoughts
100 - Can't Everyone Just Comb Down? Jean Kazez
103 - Teaching Plato in Palestine Taneli Kukkonen
105 - Beyond the Abortion Wars Travis Timmerman
108 - Transformative Experience Rachel McKinnon
110 - Freedom Regained Tamler Sommers
112 - The Stone Reader David Edmonds
119 - What the Critics Said A. M. Ferner

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