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The Moral Circle 2025
The Moral Circle: Who Matters, What Matters, and Why is a 2025 book written by the American philosopher Jeff Sebo and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This work explores how people decide which beings deserve moral concern and advocates for extending ethical consideration beyond humans. Sebo supports a probabilistic precautionary method when facing uncertainty regarding moral status. The book analyzes this approach’s consequences for animal ethics, artificial intelligence, and climate change.
Critics have examined the book’s perspectives on non-human animals, artificial intelligence, moral uncertainty, and human exceptionalism. Kirkus Reviews described it as a "thoughtful unsettling of moral certainty," while publications including Science, The New York Times, and New Scientist reviewed both its claims and shortcomings.
Details
- Publisher
- W. W. Norton & Company
- ISBN
- 9781324064800
- Pages
- 192
- Format
- Print (hardcover), ebook
- Series
- Norton Shorts
