Unsanctifying Human Life Essays on Ethics

Name: Unsanctifying Human Life Essays on Ethics
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ISBN: 9780631225072

ISBN-10: 0631225072

ISBN-13: 9780631225072

Edition: 2002

Authors: Helga Kuhse, Peter Singer

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Singer has been described as one of the world's most influential philosophers, as well as one of the most dangerous. This book provides readers with an account of his underlying philosophy, as well as its practical implications upon everyday living.

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List price: $51.95
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
Publication date: 2/1/2002
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 408
Size: 6.00" wide x 8.75" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 1.298
Language: English

Peter Singer is Ira W. DeCamp Professor of Bioethics, University Center for Human Values, Princeton University.



Introduction: The Practical Ethics of Peter Singer




From Philosophical to Practical Ethics



The Triviality of the Debate over "Is-Ought" and the Definition of "Moral"




Sidgwick and Reflective Equilibrium




The Role of Philosophers



Philosophers are Back on the Job




Bioethics and Academic Freedom




The Idea of Equality



All Animals are Equal




Is Racial Discrimination Arbitrary?




Killing Humans and Killing Animals




To Do or Not to Do?




The Great Ape Project




The Impartial Point of View



Famine, Affluence, and Morality




William Godwin and the Defense of Impartialist Ethics




Unsanctifying Human Life



The Moral Status of the Embryo




Individuals, Humans, and Persons: The Issue of Moral Status




IVF Technology and the Argument from Potential




Unsanctifying Human Life




Should All Seriously Disabled Infants Live?




Is the Sanctity of Life Ethic Terminally Ill?




Choosing Between Lives



Allocating Health Care Resources and the Problem of the Value of Life




Double Jeopardy and the Use of QALYs in Health Care Allocation




How We Should Live



A Vegetarian Philosophy




Environmental Values




Coping with Global Change: The Need for Different Values




Move Over, Marx



Hegel and Marx - Dialogue with Peter Singer




Darwin for the Left.Peter Singer: Selected Publications, 1970-2000



Index