Ethics in the Real World : 82 Brief Essays on Things That Matter

Resumen del libro

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 Singers thoughts on one of his favorite activities, surfing, and an unusual suggestion for starting a family conversation over a holiday feast.

Now with a new afterword by the author, this provocative and original book will challenge'and possibly change'your beliefs about many real-world ethical questions.

Biografía del autor

Peter Singer es Ira W. DeCamp Professor of Bioethics en el University Center for Human Values en Princeton. Anteriormente, trabajó en Oxford, Nueva York, La Trobe y Monash. Se le ha descrito como el filósofo vivo más influyente del mundo y, en 2005, la revista Time lo incluyó en la lista de las cien personas más influyentes del mundo. Su libro Liberación animal , traducido al castellano y a veintitrés idiomas más, es considerado la biblia del movimiento animalista; y Practical Ethics (1979), traducido al castellano (2009) y a diecisiete idiomas más, es valorado como uno de los cien textos filosóficos más importantes de la historia. Es autor o editor de más de cuarenta libros, entre ellos: El círculo en expansión (1981); Repensando la vida y la muerte (1996); Un mundo (2002); El presidente del bien y del mal (2004); La vida que puedes salvar (2009); The Point of View of the Universe (con Katarzyna de Lazari-Radek, 2014); Ética para el mundo real (2016), y Why Vegan? (2020).