Practical ethics

by Singer, Peter

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Title Statements

Full title :Practical ethics / Peter Singer.

Summary

"For thirty years, Peter Singer's Practical Ethics has been the classic introduction to applied ethics. For this third edition, the author has revised and updated all the chapters and added a new chapter addressing climate change, one of the most important ethical challenges of our generation. Some of the questions discussed in this book concern our daily lives. Is it ethical to buy luxuries when others do not have enough to eat? Should we buy meat from intensively reared animals? Am I doing something wrong if my carbon footprint is above the global average? Other questions confront us as concerned citizens: equality and discrimination on the grounds of race or sex; abortion, the use of embryos for research and euthanasia; political violence and terrorism; and the preservation of our planet's environment. This book's lucid style and provocative argumentsmake it an ideal text for university courses and for anyone willing to think about how she or he ought to live"--Provided by publisher.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:©2011
Edition:Third edition

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Cambridge University Press
Place of Publication:New York
Language:eng
Publication Date:©2011

The Physical Object

Description:xiii, 337 pages ; : 24 cm

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9780521881418, 0521881412, 9780521707688, 0521707684
oclc:ocn656771972
LC Classification:BJ1012
Dewey Decimal:170

About ethics -- Equality and its implications -- Equality for animals? -- What's wrong with killing? -- Taking life : animals -- Taking life : the embryo and fetus -- Taking life : humans -- Rich and poor -- Climate change -- The environment -- Civil disobedience, violence and terrorism -- Why act morally?

Subjects

08.38 ethics Abortus provocatus Angewandte Ethik Aspects sociaux Döden Ethics ethics (philosophy) Ethik Éthique Etik Euthanasie Morale Philosophie Philosophy PHILOSOPHY -- Ethics & Moral Philosophy Principle-Based Ethics Religions Social ethics sociale ethiek Socialetik