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Bourban, Michel and Broussois, Lisa (2020) The most good we can do or the best person we can be? Ethics, Policy & Environment, 23 (2). pp. 159-179. doi:10.1080/21550085.2020.1848175
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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/21550085.2020.1848175
Abstract
We challenge effective altruism (EA) on the basis that it should be more inclusive regarding the demands of altruism. EA should consider carefully agents’ intentions and the role those intentions can play in agents’ moral lives. Although we argue that good intentions play an instrumental role and can lead to better results, by adopting a Hutchesonian perspective, we show that intentions should, first and foremost, be considered for their intrinsic value. We examine offsetting and geoengineering, two so-called solutions to climate change supported by EA, to highlight the limitations of a narrow understanding of altruism.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||
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| Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > B Philosophy (General) B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BJ Ethics |
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| Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Politics and International Studies | ||||||
| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Altruism, Ethics, Benevolence, Climatic changes -- Moral and ethical aspects | ||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Ethics, Policy & Environment | ||||||
| Publisher: | Taylor & Francis | ||||||
| ISSN: | 2155-0085 | ||||||
| Official Date: | 19 November 2020 | ||||||
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| Volume: | 23 | ||||||
| Number: | 2 | ||||||
| Page Range: | pp. 159-179 | ||||||
| DOI: | 10.1080/21550085.2020.1848175 | ||||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||||
| Reuse Statement (publisher, data, author rights): | This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Ethics, Policy & Environment on 19 November 2020, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/21550085.2020.1848175 | ||||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||||
| Copyright Holders: | Taylor & Francis |
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