Books by David Edmonds

2. Dave Edmonds, Death in a Shallow Pond: A Philosopher, A Drowning Child, and Strangers in Need .  An engaging but also intellectually serious history of some strands of utilitarianism and effective altruism.  I was happy to blurb this book, you may recall Edmonds also wrote the excellent biography of Derek Parfit.

David Edmonds, Derek Parfit: A Philosopher and His Mission to Save Morality .

The author is David Edmonds, and the subtitle is The Rise and Fall of the Vienna Circle .  I very much enjoyed this book, and found its direct style refreshing, and I hope it will serve as a model for others.  The author actually tells you what you want to know!