Being Good in a World of Need
«Adopting a pluralistic approach to global aid is of great importance, and so is being sensitive to the role institutions play in promoting development goals. Being Good should be commended for calling attention to these themes.»
Marcos Picchio, Economics and Philosophy
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Detaljer
- Forlag
- Oxford University Press
- Innbinding
- Innbundet
- Språk
- Engelsk
- ISBN
- 9780192849977
- Utgivelsesår
- 2022
- Format
- 24 x 16 cm
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«Adopting a pluralistic approach to global aid is of great importance, and so is being sensitive to the role institutions play in promoting development goals. Being Good should be commended for calling attention to these themes.»
Marcos Picchio, Economics and Philosophy
«The book is unique in regard to its empirically rich foundation. Temkin's work is rooted in vast philanthropic research, and a large portion of the book concerns the implications of moral theory in light of the hard data. This volume will not only reawaken the desire to do good but also make readers fundamentally wrestle with the empirical reality of doing good. Temkin forces readers to acknowledge that ethics is an abstract discipline but an incarnate, empirical reality.»
Choice
«In this book, Temkin engages sympathetically but critically with both the philosophical views and the practical recommendations of effective altruists like Peter Singer. Specifically, he raises a number of challenges to the view that one of the most important things that the well-off among us can and ought to do in order to live a morally good life in a world of need...Temkin emphasizes repeatedly that he has long been, and remains, a strong proponent of aiding the badly off (44, 295, 318), and that at least most of what he argues in the book is compatible with the broad spirit of effective altruism.»
Brian Berkey, University of Pennsylvania, Ethics