Practical EthicsPeter Singer's remarkably clear and comprehensive Practical Ethics has become a classic introduction to applied ethics since its publication in 1979 and has been translated into many languages. For this second edition the author has revised all the existing chapters, added two new ones, and updated the bibliography. He has also added an appendix describing some of the deep misunderstanding of and consequent violent reaction to the book in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland where the book has tested the limits of freedom of speech. The focus of the book is the application of ethics to difficult and controversial social questions. |
Contents
About Ethics | 1 |
Equality and Its Implications | 16 |
Equality for Animals | 55 |
Whats Wrong with Killings | 83 |
Taking Life Animals | 110 |
Taking Life The Embryo and the Fetus | 135 |
Taking Life Humans | 175 |
Rich and Poor | 218 |
Insiders and Outsiders | 247 |
The Environment | 264 |
Ends and Means | 289 |
Why Act Morally? | 314 |
On Being Silenced in Germany | 337 |
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