Practical Ethics
Cambridge University Press (1979)
Abstract
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 arguments make it an ideal text for university courses and for anyone willing to think about how she or he ought to live.Author's Profile
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1993, 2011, 2012, 2015
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BJ1012.S49 1993
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9780511975950 9780521707688 0521297206 9780521439718 0521433630 0521543061 052143971X 0521707684 0521881412 9780521881418 9780511813283 0521229200
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