Ethics in the Real World:
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Ethics in the Real World:
90 Essays on Things That
Matter – A Fully Updated
and Expanded Edition
Princeton University Press
ISBN: 9780691237862
Fecha de Publicación:
18/04/2023
Precio: $18.95
Breve descripción (SPA)
En este libro de breves ensayos, aplica sus polémicas formas de pensar temas como el cambio climático, la pobreza extrema, los animales, el aborto, la eutanasia, la selección genética humana, el dopaje deportivo, la venta de riñones, la ética del arte de alto precio y formas de aumentar la felicidad. Peter Singer demuestra en este título que también es un maestro en la disección de importantes acontecimientos actuales en unos pocos cientos de palabras.
Breve descrição (POR)
Neste livro de pequenos ensaios, ele aplica suas polêmicas formas de pensar sobre temas como mudança climática, pobreza extrema, animais, aborto, eutanásia, seleção genética humana, doping esportivo, venda de rins, ética da arte cara e maneiras de aumentar a felicidade. Peter Singer prova neste título que ele também é um mestre em dissecar os principais eventos atuais em algumas centenas de palavras.
Full description (ENG)
Peter Singer is often described as the world’s most influential philosopher. He is also one of its most controversial. The author of important books such as Animal Liberation, Practical Ethics, Rethinking Life and Death, and The Life You Can Save, he helped launch the animal rights and effective altruism movements and contributed to the development of bioethics. Now, in Ethics in the Real World, Singer shows that he is also a master at dissecting important current events in a few hundred words.
In this book of brief essays, he applies his controversial ways of thinking to issues like climate change, extreme poverty, animals, abortion, euthanasia, human genetic selection, sports doping, the sale of kidneys, the ethics of high-priced art, and ways of increasing happiness. Singer asks whether chimpanzees are people, smoking should be outlawed, or consensual sex between adult siblings should be decriminalized, and he reiterates his case against the idea that all human life is sacred, applying his arguments to some recent cases in the news. In addition, he explores, in an easily accessible form, some of the deepest philosophical questions, such as whether anything really matters and what is the value of the pale blue dot that is our planet. The collection also includes some more personal reflections, like Singer’s thoughts on one of his favorite activities, surfing, and an unusual suggestion for starting a family conversation over a holiday feast.
Provocative and original, these essays will challenge—and possibly change—your beliefs about a wide range of real-world ethical questions.
Arts & Humanities
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