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Beyond efficiency: Reconciling Singer’s effective altruism with care ethics Cover

Beyond efficiency: Reconciling Singer’s effective altruism with care ethics

By: Sitian Liu  
Open Access
|Dec 2025

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ebce-2025-0013 | Journal eISSN: 2453-7829 | Journal ISSN: 1338-5615
Language: English
Page range: 209 - 219
Published on: Dec 31, 2025
Published by: University of Prešov
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 2 issues per year

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