CFP: Philosophical Quarterly Prize Essay Competition

The Essay Prize - Win £1500: The Philosophical Quarterly invites submissions for its 2017 international prize essay competition.

What is effective altruism?

What are its core philosophical commitments, and are they tenable?  For example:  is effective altruism compatible with agent-centred partiality for particular charitable causes?  Should non-consequentialists understand benevolence in effective altruist terms?  

The Philosophical Quarterly welcomes essays of 8,000 words or fewer addressing these questions.

How to enter

Essays should be typed in double spacing. Electronic submission is preferred and contributions may be sent as email attachments to [email protected] . Most formats are acceptable, but PDF is preferred.

Alternatively, non-electronic submissions may be sent to the address below. Three copies of each essay are required and these will not be returned. All entries will be regarded as submissions for publication in The Philosophical Quarterly , and both winning and non-winning entries judged to be of sufficient quality will be published. The closing date for submissions is 1st November 2017 .

All submissions should be headed 'What is effective altruism?’ Prize Essay Competition (with the author's name and address given in a covering letter, but NOT in the essay itself) and sent to:

The Journal Manager
The Philosophical Quarterly
University of St Andrews
KY16 9AR
Scotland
UK