Ethics in the Real World

Ethics in the Real World
Author :
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Total Pages : 377
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781400888733
ISBN-13 : 1400888735
Rating : 4/5 (33 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Ethics in the Real World by : Peter Singer

Download or read book Ethics in the Real World written by Peter Singer and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2017-09-05 with total page 377 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.


Ethics in the Real World Related Books

Ethics for the Real World
Language: en
Pages: 225
Authors: Ronald Arthur Howard
Categories: Business & Economics
Type: BOOK - Published: 2008 - Publisher: Harvard Business Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

This work focuses on one of ethics' most insidious problems: the inability to make clear and consistent choices in everyday life. The practical tools and techni
Ethics in the Real World
Language: en
Pages: 377
Authors: Peter Singer
Categories: Philosophy
Type: BOOK - Published: 2017-09-05 - Publisher: Princeton University Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

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
Ethics in the Real World
Language: en
Pages: 392
Authors: Peter Singer
Categories: Philosophy
Type: BOOK - Published: 2016-09-19 - Publisher: Text Publishing

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

In this book of brief essays, Singer applies his controversial ways of thinking to issues like climate change, extreme poverty, animals, abortion, euthanasia, h
Ethics in the Real World
Language: en
Pages: 376
Authors: Peter Singer
Categories: Philosophy
Type: BOOK - Published: 2017-09-05 - Publisher: Princeton University Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

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
Why You're Here
Language: en
Pages: 329
Authors: John Gordon Stackhouse
Categories: Religion
Type: BOOK - Published: 2017 - Publisher: Oxford University Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

What are Christians to be and to do in the world? What does faithfulness look like in these complex and confusing times? This book offers a program for faithful