Peter Singer and Christian Ethics Beyond Polarization

Name: Peter Singer and Christian Ethics Beyond Polarization
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ISBN: 9780521149334

ISBN-10: 0521149339

ISBN-13: 9780521149334

Edition: 2012

Authors: Charles C. Camosy

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Interaction between Peter Singer and Christian ethics, to the extent that it has happened at all, has been unproductive and often antagonistic. Singer sees himself as leading a 'Copernican Revolution' against a sanctity of life ethic, while many Christians associate his work with a 'culture of death.' Charles Camosy shows that this polarized understanding of the two positions is a mistake. While their conclusions about abortion and euthanasia may differ, there is surprising overlap in Christian and Singerite arguments, and disagreements are interesting and fruitful. Furthermore, it turns out that Christians and Singerites can even make common cause, for instance in matters such as global…

Book details

List price: $47.95
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 4/12/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 288
Size: 5.91" wide x 8.90" long x 0.59" tall
Weight: 1.012

Charles C. Camosy is Assistant Professor of Theology at Fordham University, New York. He is author of Too Expensive to Treat?: Finitude, Tragedy and the Neonatal ICU (2010).



Acknowledgements


Introduction



Abortion



Euthanasia and the end of life



Non-human animals



Duties to the poor



Ethical theory



Singer's shift?


Conclusion


Bibliography


Appendices