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"<p><strong>Moral philosophy</strong> is discussed in <a href=\"https://www.effectivealtruism.org/\">effective altruism</a> for a number of different reasons.&nbsp;</p><p>In some cases, discussions about moral philosophy focus on related topics like:&nbsp;</p><ul><li>How can one <a href=\"https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/topics/measuring-and-comparing-value\">measure or compare value</a>? This often focuses on different <a href=\"https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/topics/axiology\">theories</a> of <a href=\"https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/topics/wellbeing\">wellbeing</a> (what is good for a being, questions about <a href=\"https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/topics/non-wellbeing-sources-of-value\">non-wellbeing sources of value</a>, more generally what has <a href=\"https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/topics/wellbeing\">intrinsic value</a>, &nbsp;etc.)</li><li>Which animals (or other beings) are <a href=\"https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/topics/moral-patienthood\">moral patients</a> — whether they have the <a href=\"https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/topics/moral-weight\">capacity for welfare</a> (and how much), and how we should study this question</li><li>Comparisons between <a href=\"https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/topics/deontology\">deontology</a> and <a href=\"https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/topics/consequentialism\">consequentialism</a>, the difference between <a href=\"https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/topics/naive-vs-sophisticated-consequentialism\">naive vs. sophisticated consequentialism</a>, etc.</li><li>Theories like <a href=\"https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/topics/longtermism\">longtermism</a>, which is the view that positively influencing the long-term future is a key moral priority of our time</li><li>The <a href=\"https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/topics/philosophy-of-effective-altruism\">philosophy of effective altruism</a></li></ul><h2>Further reading</h2><p>Parfit, Derek (1984) <a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-19-824908-X\"><i>Reasons and Persons</i></a>, Oxford: Clarendon press.</p><p>Sidgwick, Henry (1907) <i>The Methods of Ethics</i>, 7th ed., London: Macmillan.</p><h2>Related entries</h2><p><a href=\"https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/tag/philosophy\">philosophy</a> | <a href=\"https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/tag/applied-ethics\">applied ethics</a> | <a href=\"https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/topics/infinite-ethics\">infinite ethics</a> |&nbsp;<a href=\"https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/tag/metaethics\">metaethics</a> | <a href=\"https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/tag/normative-ethics\">normative ethics</a> | <a href=\"https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/topics/moral-patienthood\">moral patienthood</a> |&nbsp;</p>"
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