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Effective altruism has focused on moral efficiency, i.e. the ratio of the resources used (money, time ...) to the moral benefit achieved, in addition to the extent of our moral commitment, and has called for the maximum efficiency of moral commitment. This raises two questions, among others, which are the subject of this paper: 1. How does one calculate moral efficiency? 2. Is maximum moral efficiency the right moral decision-making criterion? In the article, efficiency calculations of donations for two charitable projects are presented in detail (question 1): distribution of mosquito nets in malaria areas in sub-Saharan Africa and maintenance of a children's village in Guatemala. The result is that the children's village project is clearly less efficient. Should it therefore be abandoned, although it seems to be a very useful project (question 2)?

Lumer, C. (2021). Berechnungen der moralischen Effizienz. In Johannes L. Brandl, Daniel Messelken, Sava Wedman (a cura di), Denken. Reden. Handeln. / Thinking. Talking. Acting. Nachträge zu einem Salzburger Symposium mit Georg Meggle (pp. 565-574). Salzburg : Open Access Publikationsserver der Universität Salzburg.

Berechnungen der moralischen Effizienz

Christoph Lumer
2021-01-01

Abstract

Effective altruism has focused on moral efficiency, i.e. the ratio of the resources used (money, time ...) to the moral benefit achieved, in addition to the extent of our moral commitment, and has called for the maximum efficiency of moral commitment. This raises two questions, among others, which are the subject of this paper: 1. How does one calculate moral efficiency? 2. Is maximum moral efficiency the right moral decision-making criterion? In the article, efficiency calculations of donations for two charitable projects are presented in detail (question 1): distribution of mosquito nets in malaria areas in sub-Saharan Africa and maintenance of a children's village in Guatemala. The result is that the children's village project is clearly less efficient. Should it therefore be abandoned, although it seems to be a very useful project (question 2)?
2021
978-3-200-07526-9
Der effektive Altruismus hat neben dem Umfang unseres moralischen Engagements die moralische Effizienz, also das Verhältnis der eingesetzten Ressourcen (Geld, Zeit ...) zum erzielten moralischen Nutzen, in den Mittelpunkt gestellt und die maximale Effizienz des moralischen Engagements gefordert. Dies wirft u.a. zwei Fragen auf, um die es in diesem Beitrag geht: 1. Wie berechnet man die moralische Effizienz? 2. Ist maximale moralische Effizienz das richtige moralische Entscheidungskriterium? In dem Artikel werden Effizienzberechnungen von Spenden für zwei karitative Projekte im Detail vorgeführt (Frage 1): Verteilen von Moskitonetzen in Malariagebieten in Schwarzafrika und Unterhalt eines Kinderdorfes in Guatemala. Das Ergebnis ist, daß das Kinderdorfprojekt deutlich weniger effizient ist. Soll man es deshalb aufgeben, obwohl es doch ein sehr sinnvolles Projekt zu sein scheint (Frage 2)?
Lumer, C. (2021). Berechnungen der moralischen Effizienz. In Johannes L. Brandl, Daniel Messelken, Sava Wedman (a cura di), Denken. Reden. Handeln. / Thinking. Talking. Acting. Nachträge zu einem Salzburger Symposium mit Georg Meggle (pp. 565-574). Salzburg : Open Access Publikationsserver der Universität Salzburg.
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