Refuting Peter Singer's ethical theory : the importance of human dignity / Susan Lufkin Krantz.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Krantz, Susan F.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Singer, Peter, 1946-.

Singer, Peter.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (151 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Distribution:

London : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2024

Place of Publication:

Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 2002.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Krantz provides a defense of traditional, human-centered ethics against Peter Singer's ethical theory. Singer favors a Copernican revolution in ethics because he thinks our traditional ethics has collapsed under pressure from medical technology and from advances in the biological understanding of our fellow animals. For nearly thirty years he has argued that the boundaries of the human lifespan and of the human species are so unclear that we must abandon our views that human beings have a special dignity and that the taking of innocent human life is always wrong. Against this Krantz argues that in today's world, human life has been cheapened and the values of the marketplace have begun to govern medical care and organ donation, birth and death. In fact, this is just a foretaste of the world to come if Singer's ethical theory succeeds in replacing traditional human-centered ethics. What is required is, not the abandonment of human dignity and of the sanctity of human life, but rather a renewed understanding of how principles based on these ideas can be applied in the twenty-first century. Scholars, students, and general readers involved with ethical and contemporary philosophy issues will find this book interesting.

Contents:

Cover

Refuting Peter Singer's Ethical Theory

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

NOTE

Chapter One The Goal of Ethics

SINGER'S CRITIQUE OF OUR BASIC MORAL INTUITIONS

SINGER'S CRITIQUE OF TRADITIONAL MORALITY

SINGER'S SEARCH FOR THE FUNDAMENTAL ETHICAL PRINCIPLE

REPLY TO SINGER ON MORAL INTUITION

REPLY TO SINGER ON TRADITIONAL MORALITY

REPLY TO SINGER ON THE FUNDAMENTAL ETHICAL PRINCIPLE

NOTES

Chapter Two The Source of Moral Value

SINGER'S CRITIQUE OF THE OBJECTIVITY OF MORAL VALUE

SINGER'S PROPOSAL THAT SUBJECTIVE PREFERENCE BE THE BASIS OF MORALITY

PREFERENCE UTILITARIANISM AS A PRACTICAL ETHICAL THEORY

REPLY TO SINGER ON OBJECTIVITY

REPLY TO SINGER ON SUBJECTIVITY

REPLY TO SINGER ON PRACTICALITY

Chapter Three The Role of Reason in Ethics

SINGER ON "EXPERIMENTAL" REASON AS AN AID TO ETHICAL THINKING

REPLY TO SINGER ON EXPERIMENTAL REASONING

SINGER ON "RATIONAL INSIGHT" AS AN AID TO ETHICAL THINKING

REPLY TO SINGER ON RATIONAL INSIGHT

THE POINT OF VIEW OF THE AGENT

Chapter Four The Principle of Equal Consideration of Interests

SINGER'S PRINCIPLE OF EQUAL CONSIDERATION AND ITS RAMIFICATIONS

REPLY TO SINGER ON THE ETHIC OF EQUAL CONSIDERATION OF INTERESTS

Chapter Five Why Singer's Principle of Equal Consideration Is a Threat to Morality and to Human Values

THE LIMITS OF OBJECTIVITY AND OF THE UNIVERSAL POINT OF VIEW

WHY EXTREME RATIONALITY MAY MAKE US MORALLY STUPID

Chapter Six On Human Dignity

Select Bibliography

Index

About the Author.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. [125]-128) and index.

ISBN:

979-82-16-00658-9

0-313-01066-8

OCLC:

614506983