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Effective Altruism and Religion / Ancient and Modern Conceptions of Charity: Orthodox Judaism and Effective Altruism
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Introduction
Dominic Roser, Stefan Riedener
Dominic Roser, Stefan Riedener
9–16
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1. Effective Altruism and Religion: An Intriguing Encounter
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2. The Structure and Content of the Book
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3. The Book’s Story
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17–46
Buddhism and effective altruism
Calvin Baker
Calvin Baker
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Introduction
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1. Effective Altruism
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2. The Buddhist Worldview
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3. Buddhism and Effective Altruism
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3.1. Altruism in Practice
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3.1.1. Saṃsāric Futility and the Bodhisattva Path
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3.1.2. Indirect Altruism
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3.1.3. Politics, Society, and the Longterm Future
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3.2. Altruism in Theory
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4. Conclusion
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47–76
Effective Altruism as Egyptian Gold for Christians
Dominic Roser
Dominic Roser
47–76
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1. Introduction
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2. Characterising Effective Altruism
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3. Effective Altruism as a Plug-In for Christians
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(a) Altruism
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(b) Consequentialism
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(c) Welfarism
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(d) Impartiality
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(e) Effectiveness
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(f) Truthseeking
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(g) Rationalism
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4. A Big Picture Tension: Letting Go of Control
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5. Conclusion
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77–96
Ancient and Modern Conceptions of Charity: Orthodox Judaism and Effective Altruism
David Manheim
David Manheim
77–96
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1. Introduction
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2. The Jewish Obligation to Give to Charity
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2.1 Introduction to Jewish Sources and Law
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2.2 Biblical Origins
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2.3 Rabbinic Obligation
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2.4 Comparing the Obligation to Give
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3. Consequentialism within Deontological or Moral Reasoning
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3.1 The Deontological Basis of the Requirement
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3.2 The Virtue Ethics View
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3.3 Priorities in Charity
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4. Comparing Effective Altruism to the Prioritisation of Giving in Jewish Law
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4.1 The Moral (Un)importance of Distance
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4.2 Applications and Implications of Precedence
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5. Effectiveness, Reason, and Evidence for Charitable Giving
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6. Conclusion
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97–120
This World Needs More (than One Kind of) Love. A Modest, Murdoch-Inspired Proposal to Take the Heart in Effective Altruism More Seriously
Mara-Daria Cojocaru
Mara-Daria Cojocaru
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1. Promoting the Good. A Pragmatic and an Epistemic Level
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2. What’s Love Got to Do with It?
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3. Looking for the Heart in EA
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4. Murdochian Love and Really Looking (at Effective Altruists, Too)
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5. Now, Meet SOPHIA and AJAX: What Do You See?
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6. “Doing Good Better” – Not “Changing Ideas about Living Ethically”?
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121–146
Who is My Neighbour? Effective Altruism, the Good Samaritan, and the Opportunities of the 21st Century
Jakub Synowiec
Jakub Synowiec
121–146
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1. Introduction
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2. Effective Altruists’ Neighbours
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3. Christian Love and Overseas Aid
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4. Jesus and Utilitarian Reasoning
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5. Distant People as Neighbours
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6. The Less Demanding Interpretation
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7. The Less Demanding Interpretation in the 21st Century
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8. Animals as Neighbours
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9. Future People as Neighbours
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10. Conclusion
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147–168
On Loving Neighbours and Others: Effective Altruism and Christian Ethics in a Relational Models Theory Perspective
Stefan Höschele
Stefan Höschele
147–168
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1. Altruism, Relationships, and Relational Models Theory
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2. Effective Altruism in a Relational Models Theory Perspective
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3. New Testament Ethics and the Relational Models
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4. On Loving Neighbours and Others
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169–186
Asceticism as Activism: Effective Altruism’s Neglected Other Half
Kathryn Muyskens
Kathryn Muyskens
169–186
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1. Introduction
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2. Systemic Injustice and the Question of the Efficacy of Aid
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3. Selective Asceticism as Activism
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4. Against Earning to Give
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5. Addressing the “Overdemandingness” Objection
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6. Conclusion
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Human Extinction from a Thomist Perspective
Stefan Riedener
Stefan Riedener
187–210
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1. Introduction
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2. Three Thomist Considerations
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2.1 The Natural Law
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2.2 Humility
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2.3 The Value of Humanity
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3. Discussion
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3.1 Theological Considerations: Divine Providence
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3.2 Moral Considerations: Deontology
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4. Conclusion
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Are Effective Altruists Saints? Effective Altruism, Moral Sainthood, and Human Holiness
Robert MacSwain
Robert MacSwain
211–234
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Introduction
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1. Singer, Saints, and Supererogation
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1.1. Singer and Urmson: Saints and Supererogation
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1.2. Singer and Wolf: Moral Saints
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2. “The Actuality of Sainthood”
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3. Real Saints, Exemplars, and Hagiological Admiration
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4. Conclusion
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But It’s My Money! Some Thoughts on the Ethics and Culture of Donating Money
Markus Huppenbauer
Markus Huppenbauer
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Notes on Contributors
253–254
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Ancient and Modern Conceptions of Charity: Orthodox Judaism and Effective Altruism
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David Manheim
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ISBN print: 978-3-8487-8119-5
ISBN online: 978-3-7489-2536-1
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