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Ethics in the Real World - 82 Brief Essays on Things That Matter (Paperback, Revised edition): Peter Singer

Ethics in the Real World - 82 Brief Essays on Things That Matter (Paperback, Revised edition)

Peter Singer; Afterword by Peter Singer

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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.

General

Imprint: Princeton University Press
Country of origin: United States
Release date: September 2017
First published: 2016
Authors: Peter Singer
Afterword by: Peter Singer
Dimensions: 203 x 133 x 25mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback
Pages: 359
Edition: Revised edition
ISBN-13: 978-0-691-17847-9
Categories: Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Ethics & moral philosophy > General
Books > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Ethics & moral philosophy > General
LSN: 0-691-17847-X
Barcode: 9780691178479

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