Effective Altruism: An Introduction

Bauer, Jacob

  • 出版商: Polity
  • 出版日期: 2025-02-10
  • 售價: $2,430
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  • 語言: 英文
  • 頁數: 200
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  • ISBN: 1509562435
  • ISBN-13: 9781509562435
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商品描述

As the world faces increasingly complex problems - from pandemics to global poverty and climate change - how do we decide where to focus our efforts and resources to do the most good possible? Effective altruism offers a way to do just that, focusing on evidence and rational arguments to identify crucial issues and the most impactful ways of solving them.

In this new book, philosopher Jacob Bauer cuts through the uncritical hype and wholesale dismissal around effective altruism to offer a balanced overview of this movement's core concepts and approaches to 'doing good better'. With examples spanning malaria-preventing bed nets to the dangers of AI, he illuminates how effective altruism is addressing some of the world's most pressing problems, all the while acknowledging its real limitations and showcasing its immense promise.

Whether you are a skeptic or a new adherent seeking to understand the philosophy and community of effective altruism, this book is the definitive guide.

商品描述(中文翻譯)

隨著世界面臨越來越複雜的問題——從疫情到全球貧困和氣候變遷——我們該如何決定將努力和資源集中在哪裡,以達到最大的善行效果?有效利他主義提供了一種方法,專注於證據和理性論證,以識別關鍵問題及其最具影響力的解決方案。

在這本新書中,哲學家雅各布·鮑爾(Jacob Bauer)剖析了圍繞有效利他主義的無批判性炒作和全盤否定,提供了這一運動核心概念和「更好地行善」方法的平衡概述。書中舉例從預防瘧疾的蚊帳到人工智慧的危險,闡明了有效利他主義如何應對世界上一些最緊迫的問題,同時承認其真實的局限性並展示其巨大的潛力。

無論你是懷疑者還是尋求了解有效利他主義哲學和社群的新信徒,這本書都是權威指南。

作者簡介

Jacob Bauer is a lecturer in the philosophy department at the University of Dayton. He teaches, researches and writes in the areas of normative ethics, professional ethics, effective altruism, philosophy of religion, philosophy of nonviolence and philosophy of science fiction. His new book Effective Altruism: An Introduction, will be published in 2024.

作者簡介(中文翻譯)

Jacob Bauer 是代頓大學哲學系的講師。他在規範倫理學、專業倫理學、有效利他主義、宗教哲學、非暴力哲學以及科幻哲學等領域進行教學、研究和寫作。他的新書《有效利他主義:入門》將於2024年出版。