The Moral philosophy is discussed in effective altruism for a number of different reasons.
In some cases, discussions about moral philosophy tag focus on related topics like:
- How can one measure or compare value? This often focuses on different theories of wellbeing (what is
very wide-ranging,good for a being, questions about non-wellbeing sources of value, more generally what has intrinsic value, etc.) - Which animals (or other beings) are moral patients — whether they have the capacity for welfare (and how much), and
can be used alongside more specific tagshow we should study this question - Comparisons between deontology and consequentialism, the difference between naive vs. sophisticated consequentialism, etc.
- Theories likelongtermism, which is the view that positively influencing the long-term future is a key moral priority of our time
- The philosophy of effective altruism
, longtermism, and moral patienthood.
philosophy | applied ethics | infinite ethics | metaethics | normative ethics | philosophymoral patienthood |
TheMoral philosophy is discussed in effective altruism for a number of different reasons.In some cases, discussions about moral philosophy
tagfocus on related topics like:very wide-ranging,good for a being, questions about non-wellbeing sources of value, more generally what has intrinsic value, etc.)can be used alongside more specific tagshow we should study this question,longtermism, andmoral patienthood.philosophy | applied ethics | infinite ethics | metaethics | normative ethics |
philosophymoral patienthood |