That’s interesting and I think that’s true to a certain extent, the bottomless pits of suffering and all that. Though Kantianism does make some pretty strong demands in its own way, for instance in the way that it really hammers home the idea of seeing things from others’ points of view (via the Formula of Humanity), or in the way that it considers some duties to be absolute (“perfect”).
I believe that Korsgaard also thinks we have duties to help others’ promote their own good if it’s at no great cost to ourselves, though these duties are not as strong as those not to violate other people’s autonomy. I think maybe these sorts of duties lead to something like Effective Altruism, though I haven’t really thought all of this through yet, or read much of the relevant literature, so what do I know.
That’s interesting and I think that’s true to a certain extent, the bottomless pits of suffering and all that. Though Kantianism does make some pretty strong demands in its own way, for instance in the way that it really hammers home the idea of seeing things from others’ points of view (via the Formula of Humanity), or in the way that it considers some duties to be absolute (“perfect”).
I believe that Korsgaard also thinks we have duties to help others’ promote their own good if it’s at no great cost to ourselves, though these duties are not as strong as those not to violate other people’s autonomy. I think maybe these sorts of duties lead to something like Effective Altruism, though I haven’t really thought all of this through yet, or read much of the relevant literature, so what do I know.