In this timely collection, some of the world's leading ethicists grapple with the variety of issues posed by human embryonic stem cell research.
Investigates the moral status of the embryo including the creation of chimeras and paying for gametes (eggs and sperm) and embryos for research purposes
Provides a thorough evaluation of the ethics and politics of regulating hESC research, and the privacy, confidentiality, and informed consent in the conduct of research and clinical investigations
Essential reading for...
In this timely collection, some of the world's leading ethicists grapple with the variety of issues posed by human embryonic stem cell research.
What would any rational person believe to be worth wanting or working for? Viewed from the standpoint of ethics and empirical psychology, how would such a person define and explain the morally right and the just? And what system of morals would rational people select as the best for the society? Essential to what is important in traditional philosophical inquiries, these questions and others are pursued in 'A Theory of the Good and the Right', Richard B. Brandt's now classic work, based on his Oxford lectures. Using a contemporary psychological theory of action and of motivation, Brandt...
What would any rational person believe to be worth wanting or working for? Viewed from the standpoint of ethics and empirical psychology, how would su...
Peter Singer, the groundbreaking ethicist whom The New Yorker calls the most influential philosopher alive teams up again with Jim Mason, his coauthor on the acclaimed Animal Factories, to set their critical sights on the food we buy and eat: where it comes from, how it is produced, and whether it was raised humanely.
The Ethics of What We Eat explores the impact our food choices have on humans, animals, and the environment. Recognizing that not all of us will become vegetarians, Singer and Mason offer ways to make healthful, humane food choices. As they point out: You can be...
Peter Singer, the groundbreaking ethicist whom The New Yorker calls the most influential philosopher alive teams up again with Jim Mason, his coaut...
A victim of the Hillsborough Disaster in 1989, Anthony Bland lay in hospital in a coma being fed liquid food by a pump, via a tube passing through his nose and into his stomach. On 4 February 1993 Britain's highest court ruled that doctors attending him could lawfully act to end his life. Our traditional ways of thinking about life and death are collapsing. In a world of respirators and embryos stored for years in liquid nitrogen, we can no longer take the sanctity of human life as the cornerstone of our ethical outlook. In this controversial book Peter Singer argues that we cannot deal with...
A victim of the Hillsborough Disaster in 1989, Anthony Bland lay in hospital in a coma being fed liquid food by a pump, via a tube passing through his...
Explores our eating habits, making us look at what we eat as a moral issue. This book follows three families with varying eating habits, from fast-food eaters to vegans, to explore how the food we eat makes its way to the table, and at what expense. It als
Explores our eating habits, making us look at what we eat as a moral issue. This book follows three families with varying eating habits, from fast-foo...
Peter Singers "Praktische Ethik", 1979 in erster Auflage erschienen, ist in seiner ebenso präzisen wie nachvollziehbaren Argumentationsstruktur ein Musterbeispiel für klares, philosophisches Denken. Besonders wichtig ist der von Singer eingeführte Begriff des Speziesismus (Menschen denken über Tiere anders, weil Tiere keine Menschen sind, obwohl es sachlich begründete Argumente gibt, genau dies nicht zu tun). Für Kontroversen sorgten seine Theorien über Sterbehilfe und Euthanasie. Für diese dritte Auflage hat der Autor den Band komplett durchgesehen und um ein neues Kapitel über den...
Peter Singers "Praktische Ethik", 1979 in erster Auflage erschienen, ist in seiner ebenso präzisen wie nachvollziehbaren Argumentationsstruktur ein M...
While it is generally accepted that animal welfare matters morally, it is less clear how to morally evaluate the ending of an animal's life. It seems to matter for the animal whether it experiences pain or pleasure, or enjoyment or suffering. But does it also matter for the animal whether it lives or dies? Is a longer life better for an animal than a shorter life? If so, under what conditions is this so, and why is this the case? Is it better for an animal to live rather than never to be born at all? The Ethics of Killing Animals addresses these value-theoretical questions about...
While it is generally accepted that animal welfare matters morally, it is less clear how to morally evaluate the ending of an animal's life. It seems ...
While it is generally accepted that animal welfare matters morally, it is less clear how to morally evaluate the ending of an animal's life. It seems to matter for the animal whether it experiences pain or pleasure, or enjoyment or suffering. But does it also matter for the animal whether it lives or dies? Is a longer life better for an animal than a shorter life? If so, under what conditions is this so, and why is this the case? Is it better for an animal to live rather than never to be born at all? The Ethics of Killing Animals addresses these value-theoretical questions about...
While it is generally accepted that animal welfare matters morally, it is less clear how to morally evaluate the ending of an animal's life. It seems ...
Diese Ausgabe entspricht unverändert der Originalausgabe ("Animal Liberation. Second Edition") von 1990. Lediglich im Anhang wurden einige redaktionelle Hinweise hinzugefügt, und die Liste der Organisationen (Anhang 3) wurde durch eine aktuelle Liste für den deutschsprachigen Bereich ersetzt.
Diese Ausgabe entspricht unverändert der Originalausgabe ("Animal Liberation. Second Edition") von 1990. Lediglich im Anhang wurden einige redaktione...
What does the idea of taking 'the point of view of the universe' tell us about ethics? The great nineteenth-century utilitarian Henry Sidgwick used this metaphor to present what he took to be a self-evident moral truth: the good of one individual is of no more importance than the good of any other. Ethical judgments, he held, are objective truths that we can know by reason. The ethical axioms he took to be self-evident provide a foundation for utilitarianism. He supplements this foundation with an argument that nothing except states of consciousness have ultimate value, which led him to hold...
What does the idea of taking 'the point of view of the universe' tell us about ethics? The great nineteenth-century utilitarian Henry Sidgwick used th...
