The President of Good and Evil - Softcover

Singer, Peter

 
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Synopsis

The ethicist and author of Animal Liberation offers a provocative look at moral failure of President George W. Bush, revealing a pattern of ethical confusion and self-contradiction when speaking out on such controversial issues as stem-cell research, tax cuts, the war in Iraq, and America as a global power.

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About the Author

Peter SingerÂ’s many books include Practical Ethics Animal Liberation and most recently Pushing Time Away: My Grandfather and the Tragedy of Jewish Vienna. He appears in the print media frequently, and has been on shows such as The OÂ’Reilly Factor and the Today show. He is a professor of bioethics at Princeton UniversityÂ’s Center for Human Values.

Synopsis

This book is an attempt to hold the policies of George W. Bush, and his actions as president, up to an ethical standard - including his own. But it goes beyond that. it is also a study in a distinctively American ethic, for there are many features of this ethic that are not widely held elsewhere in the developed world.

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ISBN 10:  0525948139 ISBN 13:  9780525948131
Publisher: E P Dutton, 2004
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