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An ethicist explains why philanthropy is no license to do bad stuff

  • Written by Patricia Illingworth, Senior Fellow, Carr Center for Human Rights Policy, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University; Professor of Ethics, Northeastern University
Jeffrey Epstein faced sex trafficking and conspiracy charges when he died in July 2019.AP Photo/Richard Drew

I teach a course on ethics and philanthropy and have written about how to donate to charities ethically.

Recent news about people who make big charitable gifts acting badly is making me wonder whether philanthropy really does make the world...

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