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The Ethics of Giving - Philosophers' Perspectives on Philanthropy (Hardcover)
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The Ethics of Giving - Philosophers' Perspectives on Philanthropy (Hardcover)
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In giving to charity, should we strive to do the greatest good or
promote a lesser good that we care more about? On such issues,
ethical theory can have momentous practical effects. This volume is
a unique collection of new papers on philanthropy from a range of
philosophical perspectives. The authors are among the best-regarded
philosophers writing on ethics today and include a number of
thinkers who have not previously published on the subject. Most
recently published work by philosophers on charitable giving tends
to support what is called effective altruism-doing the most good
you can. In practice, however, charitable giving is often local and
relatively ineffective, supporting causes dear to the givers'
hearts. Are ineffective givers doing wrong or merely doing less
praiseworthy work than they might? This volume includes at least
three challenges to the effective altruism movement, as well as two
chapters that defend it against the gathering tide of objections.
Most thinkers who align with utilitarianism support effective
altruism, and some other perspectives do as well. But the ideal of
personal integrity can push the other way. So can justice-based
theories of giving: perhaps I could do the most good by stealing
and giving to the poor, but that would be unjust. In the most
important cases, however, justice leads to the same result as
effective altruism. Other theories give different results. The
authors represent include intuitionism, virtue ethics, Kantian
ethics, utilitarianism, theory of justice, and the ideal of
personal integrity.
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