Ethics in the Real World : : 90 Essays on Things That Matter – A Fully Updated and Expanded Edition / / Peter Singer.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2023 English
• VerfasserIn: Singer, Peter,
• MitwirkendeR: Beckstead, Nick,; Kissling, Frances,; Lazari-Radek, Katarzyna de,; Musinguzi, Jotham,; Plant, Michael,; Sagan, Agata,; Savulescu, Julian,; Wage, Matt,
• Place / Publishing House: Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2023]; ©2023
• Year of Publication: 2023
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (488 p.)

Provocative essays on real-world ethical questions from the world's most influential philosopherPeter 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.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- BIG QUESTIONS -- A Pale Blue Dot at the Hinge of History -- Does Anything Matter? -- Is There Moral Progress? -- The God of Suffering -- Do You Have a Moral Plan? -- Are We Ready for a “Morality Pill”? -- The Empathy Trap -- Can Ethics Be Taught? -- Thinking about the Dead -- Should This Be the Last Generation? -- ANIMALS -- The Case for Going Vegan -- Why Loving Our Animals Is Not Enough -- Learning from Europe’s More Ethical Eggs -- If Fish Could Scream -- The Nation of Kangaroos -- Who Is a Person? -- The Cow Who . . . -- The Measure of Moral Progress -- Are Insects Conscious? -- Plant Liberation? -- LIFE AND DEATH -- The Real Abortion Tragedy -- Abortion, Democracy, and the Reversal of Roe -- Treating (or Not) the Tiniest Babies -- Pulling Back the Curtain on the Mercy Killing of Newborns -- Should Children Have the Right to Die? -- No Diseases for Old Men -- When Doctors Kill -- Choosing Death -- PUBLIC HEALTH AND PANDEMIC ETHICS -- Public Health versus Private Freedom -- The Human Genome and the Genetic Supermarket -- An Ethical Pathway for Gene Editing -- Kidneys for Sale? -- Deciding Who Lives and Who Dies -- Were the Lockdowns Justified? -- Victims of the Unvaccinated -- Ending the Taboo on Talking about Population -- SEX AND GENDER -- Should Adult Sibling Incest Be a Crime? -- Homosexuality Is Not Immoral -- A Private Affair? -- How Much Should Sex Matter? -- Ban the Burkini? -- The Case for Legalizing Sex Work -- DOING GOOD -- Holding Charities Accountable -- Good Charity, Bad Charity -- Heartwarming Causes Are Nice, But . . . -- The Ethical Cost of High-Priced Art -- Extreme Altruism -- The Lives You Saved -- HAPPINESS -- Happiness, Money, and Giving It Away -- Can We Increase Gross National Happiness? -- The Moral Urgency of Mental Health -- Prisoners of Pain -- No Smile Limit -- Happy, Nevertheless -- POLITICS -- The Founding Fathers’ Fiscal Crises -- Why Vote? -- Is Citizenship a Right? -- The Spying Game -- Is Marx Still Relevant? -- Should We Honor Racists? -- Is Violence the Way to Fight Racism? -- Are Riots Justifiable? -- GLOBAL PROBLEMS -- The Refugee Dilemma -- Is Open Diplomacy Possible? -- Paris and the Fate of the Earth -- Greta Thunberg’s Moment -- Stopping Putin -- SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY -- A Clear Case for Golden Rice -- Life Made to Order -- A Dream for the Digital Age -- The Tragic Cost of Being Unscientific -- FREEDOM AND RESPONSIBILITY -- Free Speech, Muhammad, and the Holocaust -- Free Speech and Fake News -- Why Google Was Wrong -- Keeping Discussion Free -- LIVING, WORKING, PLAYING -- Why Pay More? -- Beyond the Traditional Family -- Tiger Mothers or Elephant Mothers? -- How Honest Are We? -- Is Doping Wrong? -- Is It OK to Cheat at Football? -- Why Climb Mount Everest? -- A Surfing Reflection -- THE FUTURE -- Should We Live to 1,000? -- Rights for Robots? -- Can Artificial Intelligence Be Ethical? -- Do You Want to Be a Cyborg? -- Preventing Human Extinction -- Should We Colonize Outer Space? -- Do Aliens Have Rights? -- SOURCES -- INDEX