Writings on an Ethical Life

by Singer, Peter

• ISBN13: 9780060007447
• ISBN10: 0060007443
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-01-19
• Publisher: HarperCollins Publications

Summary

Love him or hate him, you certainly can't ignore him. For the past twenty years, Australian philosopher and professor of bioethics Peter Singer has pushed the hot buttons of our collective conscience. In addition to writing the book that sparked the modern animal rights movement, Singer has challenged our most closely held beliefs on the sanctity of human life, the moral obligation's of citizens of affluent nations toward those living in the poorest countries of the world, and much more, with arguments that intrigue as often and as powerfully as they incite."Writings On An Ethical Life offers a comprehensive collection of Singer's best and most provocative writing, as chosen by Singer himself. Among the controversial subjects addressed are the moral status of animals, environmental account-ablility, abortion, infanticide, euthanasia, and the ultimate choice of living an ethical life. This book provides an unsurpassed one-volume view of both the underpinnings and the applications of Singer's governing philosophy.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	xi
Introduction	xiii
The Nature of Ethics
Moral Experts
From Analysis	3	(4)
About Ethics
From Practical Ethics	7	(14)
Across the Species Barrier
Preface to the 1975 Edition
From Animal Liberation	21	(7)
All Animals Are Equal...
From Animal Liberation	28	(19)
Tools for Research
From Animal Liberation	47	(10)
Down on the Factory Farm ...
From Animal Liberation	57	(9)
A Vegetarian Philosophy
From Consuming Passions	66	(7)
Bridging the Gap	73	(13)
Environmental Values
From The Environmental Challenge	86	(19)
Saving and Taking Human Life
Famine, Affluence, and Morality
From Philosophy and Public Affairs	105	(13)
The Singer Solution to World Poverty
From The New York Times Magazine	118	(7)
What's Wrong with Killing?
From Practical Ethics	125	(21)
Taking Life: The Embryo and the Fetus
From Practical Ethics	146	(19)
Prologue
From Rethinking Life and Death	165	(5)
Is the Sanctity of Life Ethic Terminally Ill?
From Bioethics	170	(16)
Justifying Infanticide
From Practical Ethics	186	(8)
Justifying Voluntary Euthanasia
From Practical Ethics	194	(7)
Euthanasia: Emerging from Hitler's Shadow	201	(8)
In Place of the Old Ethic
From Rethinking Life and Death	209	(30)
Ethics, Self-Interest, and Politics
The Ultimate Choice
From How Are We to Live?	239	(10)
Living Ethically
From How Are We to Live?	249	(15)
The Good Life
From How Are We to Live?	264	(9)
Darwin for the Left
From Prospect	273	(10)
A Meaningful Life
From Ethics into Action: Henry Spira and the Animal Rights Movement	283	(10)
Autobiographical Notes
Animal Liberation: A Personal View
From Between the Species	293	(10)
On Being Silenced in Germany
From the New York Review of Books	303	(16)
An Interview	319	(12)
Notes	331	(18)
Permissions	349	(2)
Index	351