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The Moral Circle: Who Matters, What Matters, and Why is a 2025 book by philosopher Jeff Sebo. In the book, Sebo calls for a fundamental shift in ethics, advocating for the expansion of humanity's moral circle to include not just humans, but also animals, insects, AI systems, and even microbes.
Moral circle expansion is an increase over time in the number and type of entities given moral consideration. [1] The general idea of moral inclusion was discussed by ancient philosophers and since the 19th century has inspired social movements related to human rights and animal rights.
Diffusion of responsibility [1] is a sociopsychological phenomenon whereby a person is less likely to take responsibility for action or inaction when other bystanders or witnesses are present. Considered a form of attribution , the individual assumes that others either are responsible for taking action or have already done so.
Each circle also elects a representative to represent the circles' interests in the next higher circle. These links form a feedback loop between circles. At the highest level of the organization, there is a “top circle”, analogous to a board of directors, except that it works within the policies of the circle structure rather than ruling ...
The Expanding Circle's longest chapter concerns the relationship between reason and ethics. [2] Singer discusses the relationship between biological capacity for altruism and morality. He argues that altruism, when directed to one's small circle of family, tribe or even nation, is not moral, but it becomes so when applied to wider circles.
Perhaps this is because so many of the messages coming at us tell us to prioritize a different triad, the triad of success: fame, wealth, and power.
Daniel Dennett asks why anyone would care about whether someone had the property of responsibility and speculates that the idea of moral responsibility may be "a purely metaphysical hankering". [44] In this view, the denial of moral responsibility is the moral hankering to be able to assert that one has some fictitious right such as asserting ...
The breadth of any individual's circle of competence may be determined by a range of factors, including their profession, spending habits, and the types of products they normally use. Remaining within one's circle confers a number of benefits, such as an unfair information advantage, the narrowing of available options, and the reduction of poor ...