Ethics in the real world : 82 brief essays on things that matter / Peter Singer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Singer, Peter, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ethics, Modern.

Philosophy.

Ethics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (373 pages)

Edition:

Revised.

Place of Publication:

2017.

Princeton and Oxford : Princeton University Press, 2017.

System Details:

text file PDF

Summary:

Provocative essays on real-world ethical questions from the world's most influential philosopher Peter Singer is often described as the world's most influential philosopher. He is also one of its most controversial. The author of important books such as Animal Liberation, Practical Ethics, Rethinking Life and Death, and The Life You Can Save, he helped launch the animal rights and effective altruism movements and contributed to the development of bioethics. Now, in Ethics in the Real World, Singer shows that he is also a master at dissecting important current events in a few hundred words. In this book of brief essays, he applies his controversial ways of thinking to issues like climate change, extreme poverty, animals, abortion, euthanasia, human genetic selection, sports doping, the sale of kidneys, the ethics of high-priced art, and ways of increasing happiness. Singer asks whether chimpanzees are people, smoking should be outlawed, or consensual sex between adult siblings should be decriminalized, and he reiterates his case against the idea that all human life is sacred, applying his arguments to some recent cases in the news. In addition, he explores, in an easily accessible form, some of the deepest philosophical questions, such as whether anything really matters and what is the value of the pale blue dot that is our planet. The collection also includes some more personal reflections, like Singer's thoughts on one of his favorite activities, surfing, and an unusual suggestion for starting a family conversation over a holiday feast. Now with a new afterword by the author, this provocative and original book will challenge—and possibly change—your beliefs about many real-world ethical questions.

Contents:

Introduction

Acknowledgments / Singer, Peter

Big Questions

Animals

Beyond the Ethic of the Sanctity of Life

Bioethics and Public Health

Sex and Gender

Doing Good

Happiness

Politics

Global Governance

Science and Technology

Living, Playing, Working

Afterword to the Paperback Edition

Index

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 23. Mai 2019)

ISBN:

9781400888733

OCLC:

992436650