Effectiveness and Ecumenicity

Effective altruism is purportedly ecumenical towards different moral views, charitable causes, and evidentiary methods. I argue that effective altruists’ criticisms of purportedly less effective charities are inconsistent with their commitment to ecumenicity. Individuals may justifiably support char...

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Main Author: Lim, Chong-Ming (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2019
In: Journal of moral philosophy
Year: 2019, Volume: 16, Issue: 5, Pages: 590-612
Further subjects:B Pluralism
B Effective altruism
B Applied Ethics
B Disagreement
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Summary:Effective altruism is purportedly ecumenical towards different moral views, charitable causes, and evidentiary methods. I argue that effective altruists’ criticisms of purportedly less effective charities are inconsistent with their commitment to ecumenicity. Individuals may justifiably support charities other than those recommended by effective altruism. If effective altruists take their commitment to ecumenicity seriously, they will have to revise their criticisms of many of these charities.
ISSN:1745-5243
Contains:Enthalten in: Journal of moral philosophy
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1163/17455243-20180016