Practical Ethics

Singer, Peter

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0521297206 ISBN 13: 9780521297202

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 1980

Looks at the philosophies, ethical concerns, and controversies underlying such social issues as sex discrimination, abortion, euthanasia, animal welfare, civil disobedience, and foreign aid

Review:

From a review of the first edition 'Singer's book is packed with admirably marshalled and detailed information, social, medical, and economic, and has a splendid appendix of notes and references to further reading. The utility of this utilitarian's book to students of its subject can hardly be exaggerated.' New York Review of Books

'Peter Singer has provided us with a good example of the fruits of a major and by now established extension of philosophical interest. He succeeds in being straightforward, clear, and forceful without oversimplifying the technical aspects of the problems he discusses or trivialising the underlying philosophical issues.' The Times Higher Education Supplement

'Excellent and highly provocative.' Choice

Book Description:

Peter 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. The focus of the book is the application of ethics to difficult and controversial social questions.