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God, the Good, and Utilitarianism: Perspectives on Peter Singer
John Perry
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Paperback. This book brings secular utilitarians and Christian ethicists together around the work of Peter Singer, the world's most controversial contemporary philosopher. Editor(s): Perry, John. Num Pages: 232 pages, 1 b/w illus. BIC Classification: HPQ; HRAB; HRAM1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 153 x 232 x 18. Weight in Grams: 338.
Is ethics about happiness? Aristotle thought so and for centuries Christians agreed, until utilitarianism raised worries about where this would lead. In this volume, Peter Singer, leading utilitarian philosopher and controversial defender of infanticide and euthanasia, addresses this question in conversation with Christian ethicists and secular utilitarians. Their engagement reveals surprising points of agreement and difference on questions of moral theory, the history of ethics, and current issues such as climate change, abortion, poverty and animal rights. The volume explores the advantages and pitfalls of basing morality on happiness; if ethics is teleological, is its proper aim the subjective satisfaction ... Read more
Is ethics about happiness? Aristotle thought so and for centuries Christians agreed, until utilitarianism raised worries about where this would lead. In this volume, Peter Singer, leading utilitarian philosopher and controversial defender of infanticide and euthanasia, addresses this question in conversation with Christian ethicists and secular utilitarians. Their engagement reveals surprising points of agreement and difference on questions of moral theory, the history of ethics, and current issues such as climate change, abortion, poverty and animal rights. The volume explores the advantages and pitfalls of basing morality on happiness; if ethics is teleological, is its proper aim the subjective satisfaction ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
232
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781107696570
SKU
V9781107696570
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Ref
99-1
About John Perry
John Perry is Lecturer in Theological Ethics at the University of St Andrews, and formerly McDonald Fellow for Christian Ethics and Public Life at the University of Oxford. He is the author of The Pretenses of Loyalty (2011).
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