Effective Altruism

Philosophical Issues

Inbunden, Engelska, 2019

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This is the first collective study of the thinking behind the effective altruism movement. This movement comprises a growing global community of people who organise significant parts of their lives around the two key concepts represented in its name. Altruism is the idea that if we use a significant portion of the resources in our possession--whether money, time, or talents--with a view to helping others then we can improve the world considerably. When we do put such resources to altruistic use, it is crucial to focus on how much good this or that intervention is reasonably expected to do per unit of resource expended (as a gauge of effectiveness). We can try to rank various possible actions against each other to establish which will do the most good with the resources expended. Thus we could aim to rank various possible kinds of action to alleviate poverty against one another, or against actions aimed at very different types of outcome, focused perhaps on animal welfare or future generations. The scale and organisation of the effective altruism movement encourage careful dialogue on questions that have perhaps long been there, throwing them into new and sharper relief, and giving rise to previously unnoticed questions. In this volume a team of internationally recognised philosophers, economists, and political theorists present refined and in-depth explorations of issues that arise once one takes seriously the twin ideas of altruistic commitment and effectiveness.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2019-09-19
Mått162 x 235 x 19 mm
Vikt534 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieEngaging Philosophy
Antal sidor258
FörlagOUP OXFORD
ISBN9780198841364

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Hilary Greaves's main research interests concern issues in moral philosophy, decision theory, and economics. Her articles have been published in Economics and Philosophy, Mind, Philosophy and Phenomenological Research, and Philosophical Studies.Theron Pummer works on problems in ethical theory, metaphysics, and practical ethics. His articles have been published in Philosophy and Public Affairs, Philosophical Review, Philosophical Studies, and The Journal of Philosophy.

Peter Singer: Foreword Hilary Greaves and Theron Pummer: Introduction 1: William MacAskill: The Definition of Effective Altruism 2: Toby Ord: The Moral Imperative Toward Cost-Effectiveness in Global Health 3: Amanda Askell: Evidence Neutrality and the Moral Value of Information 4: Jeff Sebo and Laurie Paul: Effective Altruism and Transformative Experience 5: James Snowden: Should We Give to More Than One Charity? 6: Nick Beckstead: A Brief Argument for the Overwhelming Importance of Shaping the Far Future 7: Iason Gabriel and Brian McElwee: Effective Altruism, Global Poverty, and Systemic Change 8: Emma Saunders-Hastings: Benevolent Giving and the Problem of Paternalism 9: Ben Sachs: Demanding the Demanding 10: Christian Barry and Holly Lawford-Smith: On Satisfying Duties to Assist 11: Travis Timmerman: Effective Altruism's Underspecification Problem 12: Mark Budolfson and Dean Spears: The Hidden Zero Problem: Effective Altruism and Barriers to Marginal Impact 13: Stephanie Collins: Beyond Individualism 14: Richard Yetter Chappell: Overriding Virtue 15: Andreas Mogensen: The Callousness Objection