Moral circle expansion: a promising strategy to impact the far future
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- dc.contributor.author Anthis, Jacy Reese
- dc.contributor.author Páez Conesa, José Ezequiel
- dc.date.accessioned 2022-11-08T08:36:13Z
- dc.date.available 2022-11-08T08:36:13Z
- dc.date.issued 2021
- dc.description.abstract Many sentient beings suffer serious harms due to a lack of moral consideration. Importantly, such harms could also occur to a potentially astronomical number of morally considerable future beings. This paper argues that, to prevent such existential risks, we should prioritise the strategy of expanding humanity’s moral circle to include, ideally, all sentient beings. We present empirical evidence that, at micro- and macro-levels of society, increased concern for members of some outlying groups facilitates concern for others. We argue that the perspective of moral circle expansion can reveal and clarify important issues in futures studies, particularly regarding animal ethics and artificial intelligence. While the case for moral circle expansion does not hinge on specific moral criteria, we focus on sentience as the most recommendable policy when deciding, as we do, under moral uncertainty. We also address various nuances of adjusting the moral circle, such as the risk of over-expansion.
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- dc.identifier.citation Anthis JR, Paez E. Moral circle expansion: a promising strategy to impact the far future. Futures. 2021 Jun;130:102756. DOI: 10.1016/j.futures.2021.102756
- dc.identifier.doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.futures.2021.102756
- dc.identifier.issn 0016-3287
- dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10230/54752
- dc.language.iso eng
- dc.publisher Elsevier
- dc.relation.ispartof Futures. 2021 Jun;130:102756
- dc.rights 2021 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an open access article under the CC BY license.
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- dc.rights.uri http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
- dc.subject.keyword Existential risk
- dc.subject.keyword Effective altruism
- dc.subject.keyword Artificial intelligence
- dc.subject.keyword Animal ethics
- dc.subject.keyword Longtermism
- dc.title Moral circle expansion: a promising strategy to impact the far future
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