Unsanctifying Human Life: Essays on Ethics - Softcover

Singer, Helga

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0631225072 ISBN 13: 9780631225072

Verlag: John Wiley & Sons, 2002

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Páginas:408Géneros:12:HPQ:Ethics&moralphilosophySinopsis:

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"As a writer about ethical issues, Peter Singer has no equal. He is our most influential philosopher because no one else has written about the tough questions with such fearless good sense. How he does it is a mystery: how can these essays be so intellectually rigorous, so calm and dispassionate, so morally compelling, and such fun to read all at the same time?" James Rachels, University of Alabama at Birmingham "This book offers a judicious selection from the vast body of Peter Singer's writings. It demonstrates the extraordinary range, acumen, consistency, and fundamental moral decency of his philosophical thought. Anyone - including Singer's critics - would benefit from, and be improved by, a close and fair-minded reading of this book." Jeff McMahan, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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Peter Singer has been described as one of the world's most influential philosophers, as well as one of the most dangerous. This collection, selected by Singer's close colleague and collaborator Helga Kuhse, provides readers with a one-volume account of his underlying philosophy, as well as its practical implications upon everyday living. Unsanctifying Human Life brings together some of Singer's best and most challenging articles from 1971 to the present. The book includes early critiques of various approaches to philosophy and the role of philosophers, followed by controversial works on the moral status of animals, infanticide, euthanasia, the allocation of scarce health care resources, embryo experimentation, environmental responsibility, and reflections on how we should live.

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• Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0631225072
• ISBN 13: 9780631225072
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 408