1. About ethics; 2. Equality and its implications; 3. Equality for animals?; 4. What's wrong with killing?; 5. Taking life: animals; 6. Taking life: the embryo and the fetus; 7. Taking life: humans; 8. Rich and poor; 9. Climate change; 10. The environment; 11. Civil disobedience, violence and terrorism; 12. Why act morally?
The third edition of this classic textbook is completely revised and updated featuring a new chapter on climate change.
Peter Singer is currently Ira W. DeCamp Professor of Bioethics at the University Center for Human Values at Princeton University and Laureate Professor at the Centre for Applied Philosophy and Public Ethics at the University of Melbourne. He is the author or editor of more than forty books, including Animal Liberation (1975), Rethinking Life and Death (1996) and, most recently, The Life You Can Save (2009). In 2005, he was named one of the 100 most influential people in the world by Time magazine.
"....It is a widely read and widely taught introduction to the
philosophical dimensions of practical moral problems.... All of the
chapters have been revised and updated, and a chapter has been
added on climate change. Singer's lucid style of exposition and
argument are perfect for this sort of introductory text. Every
library should have a copy of this book.... Highly
recommended...."
--J. H. Spence, Adrian College, CHOICE
"...This third edition keeps the lucid style and provocative
arguments of its predecessors, but with a more up to date
perspective into current ethical challenges. This makes Practical
Ethics not only an ideal text for university courses, but also for
anyone who wants to dedicate some serious thinking into how she or
he ought to live.... remains a relevant and welcome contribution to
ethics."
--Laura Cabrera, Institute for Biomedical Ethics, Basel University,
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