Exploitation and effective altruism. (November 2021)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Muñoz, Daniel
• Is Part Of: Politics, philosophy & economics. Volume 20:Number 4(2021)
• Page Start: 409
• Page End: 423
• Publication Date: 2021-11
• Subjects: the All or Nothing Problem -- exploitation -- the nonworseness claim -- deontology -- effective altruism -- supererogation -- prerogatives -- moral obligation; Social sciences and ethics -- Periodicals; Philosophy and social sciences -- Periodicals; 320.05
• DOI: 10.1177/1470594X21994495
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1470-594X

Abstract

How could it be wrong to exploit – say, by paying sweatshop wages – if the exploited party benefits? How could it be wrong to do something gratuitously bad – like giving to a wasteful charity – if that is better than permissibly doing nothing? Joe Horton argues that these puzzles, known as the Exploitation Problem and All or Nothing Problem, have no unified answer. I propose one and pose a challenge for Horton's take on the Exploitation Problem.