Unsanctifying human life : essays on ethics / Peter Singer ; edited by Helga Kuhse.

Author/creator Singer, Peter, 1946-
Other author Kuhse, Helga.
Format Book
Publication InfoOxford ; Malden, Mass. : Blackwell, 2002.
Descriptionvii, 399 pages ; 23 cm
Subjects

Contents Introduction: the practical ethics of Peter Singer / Helga Kuhse -- The triviality of the debate over "is-ought" and the definition of "moral" -- Sidgwick and reflective equilibrium -- Philosophers are back on the job -- Bioethics and academic freedom -- All animals are equal -- Is racial discrimination arbitrary? -- Killing humans and killing animals -- To do or not to do? -- The Great Ape Project / Paola Cavalieri and Peter Singer -- Famine, affluence, and morality -- William Goodwin and the defense of impartialist ethics / Peter Singer, Leslie Cannold, and Helga Kuhse -- The moral status of the embryo / Helga Kuhse and Peter Singer -- Individuals, humans, and persons: the issue of moral status / Helga Kuhse and Peter Singer -- IVF technology and the argument from potential / Peter Singer and Karen Dawson -- Unsanctifying human life -- Should all seriously disabled infants live? / Helga Kuhse and Peter Singer -- Is the sanctity of life ethic terminally ill? -- Allocating health care resources and the problem of the value of life / Helga Kuhse and Peter Singer -- Double jeopardy and the use of QALYs in health care allocation / Peter Singer, John McKie, Helga Kuhse, and Jeff Richardson -- A vegetarian philosophy -- Environmental values -- Coping with global change: the need for different values -- Hegel and Marx: dialogue with Peter Singer -- Darwin for the Left.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Bibliography note"Peter Singer: selected publications, 1970-2000": p. [367]-382.
ISBN0631225064
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Joyner General Stacks BJ1012 .S557 2002 ✔ Available Place Hold