Practical Ethics

Name: Practical Ethics
Author: Peter Singer

by Peter Singer

Guide to applied ethics covering abortion, euthanasia, poverty, and global issues

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Peter Singer

Australian utilitarian philosopher whose Animal Liberation launched the modern animal rights movement and whose arguments about our obligations to the global poor have influenced effective altruism. Practical Ethics applies utilitarian reasoning to abortion, euthanasia, and global poverty with consistent, provocative results.

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