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Ethics

Singer, Peter
Heftet / 1994 / Engelsk

Product details

ISBN
9780192892454
Published
1994
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Weight
664 gr
Height
235 mm
Width
156 mm
Thickness
24 mm
Age
U, 05
Language
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Number of pages
432

Edited by
Singer, Peter

Biographical note

Peter Singer is Professor and Deputy Director at the Centre for Human Bioethics, Monash University, Victoria. He has made numerous TV appearances talking about ethics and animal rights; he is general editor of `Studies in Bioethics' (OUP); extremely well known in Australia and a big name in ethics throughout the world.

Ethics

Singer, Peter
Heftet / 1994 / Engelsk
Singer, Peter
Heftet / 1994 / Engelsk
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This book is not a conventional reader in moral philosophy. To capture the essentials of what we know about the origins and nature of ethics, Peter Singer has drawn on anthropology, history, observation of non-human animals, the theory of evolution, game theory, and works of fiction, in addition to moral philosophy. By choosing some of the finest pieces of writing, old and new, in and about ethics, he conveys the intellectual excitement of the search for basic questions about how we ought to live.
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Draws on many other disciplines, as well as moral philosophy, to convey the intellectual excitement of the search for answers to basic questions about how we ought to live. What is ethics? Where does it come from? Can we really hope to find any rational way of deciding how we ought to live?
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INTRODUCTION PART 1: THE NATURE OF ETHICS: ITS ORIGINS,VARIATIONS, AND BASIS; A. THE LONG SEARCH FOR THE ORIGINS OF ETHICS; B. COMMON THEMES IN PRIMATE ETHICS; C. THE ROLE OF REASON; PART II: THE CONTENT OF ETHICS: JUDGING GOOD OUTCOMES AND RIGHTS ACTS; A. ULTIMATE GOD; B. DECIDING WHAT IS RIGHT
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Peter Singer is Professor and Deputy Director at the Centre for Human Bioethics, Monash University, Victoria. He has made numerous TV appearances talking about ethics and animal rights; he is general editor of `Studies in Bioethics' (OUP); extremely well known in Australia and a big name in ethics throughout the world.
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This book is not a conventional reader in moral philosophy. To capture the essentials of what we know about the origins and nature of ethics, Peter Singer has drawn on anthropology, history, observation of non-human animals, the theory of evolution, game theory, and works of fiction, in addition to moral philosophy. By choosing some of the finest pieces of writing, old and new, in and about ethics, he conveys the intellectual excitement of the search for basic questions about how we ought to live.
Read more
Draws on many other disciplines, as well as moral philosophy, to convey the intellectual excitement of the search for answers to basic questions about how we ought to live. What is ethics? Where does it come from? Can we really hope to find any rational way of deciding how we ought to live?
Read more
INTRODUCTION PART 1: THE NATURE OF ETHICS: ITS ORIGINS,VARIATIONS, AND BASIS; A. THE LONG SEARCH FOR THE ORIGINS OF ETHICS; B. COMMON THEMES IN PRIMATE ETHICS; C. THE ROLE OF REASON; PART II: THE CONTENT OF ETHICS: JUDGING GOOD OUTCOMES AND RIGHTS ACTS; A. ULTIMATE GOD; B. DECIDING WHAT IS RIGHT
Read more
Peter Singer is Professor and Deputy Director at the Centre for Human Bioethics, Monash University, Victoria. He has made numerous TV appearances talking about ethics and animal rights; he is general editor of `Studies in Bioethics' (OUP); extremely well known in Australia and a big name in ethics throughout the world.
Read more

Product details

ISBN
9780192892454
Published
1994
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Weight
664 gr
Height
235 mm
Width
156 mm
Thickness
24 mm
Age
U, 05
Language
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Number of pages
432

Edited by
Singer, Peter

Biographical note

Peter Singer is Professor and Deputy Director at the Centre for Human Bioethics, Monash University, Victoria. He has made numerous TV appearances talking about ethics and animal rights; he is general editor of `Studies in Bioethics' (OUP); extremely well known in Australia and a big name in ethics throughout the world.

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