Are We Conditionally Obligated to be Effective Altruists

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ID6325449
AuthorsThomas Sinclair (0000-0002-9194-8555, corresponding author)
Year2018
Volume46
Issue1
Pages36-59
Publication date2018-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenuePhilosophy & Public Affairs (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0048-3915 • E-ISSN: 1088-4963
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/papa.12107
OpenAlexW2889751817
LanguageEN
Citations received15

A new argument for effective altruismEffective altruists believe in "doing the most good with whatever resources you have," and advocate "the use of high-quality evidence and careful reasoning to work out how to help others as much as possible" in order to achieve that goal. 1 Since these claims may seem very demanding, some philosophers suspect effective altruists of an underlying commitment to utilitarianism, which would provide an obvious foundation for such demandingness. 2 For many people, however, effective altruism is chiefly understood as the less radical proposal that we should direct our charitable donations to the charities identified by such organizations such as GiveWell as most cost-1 William MacAskill, Doing Good Better (London

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