Peter Singer is a utilitarian, so his belief is that humans should do what maximizes pleasure and minimizes pain. He believes that eating meat is speciesist because it sacrifices the major interests of non-human animals (to not die) for the minor interests of humans (to enjoy the taste of...
Peter Singer, a utilitarian philosopher who specializes in applied ethics, is known either as infamous or famous depending on one’s philosophy. Singer has spoken on a multitude of sensitive topics throughout his career drawing praise and controversy. Notably you can find Singer’s position on sol...
book Practical Ethics is critically evaluated. We argue that Singer's pseudo-euthanasia arguments in Practical Ethics are unsatisfactory as approaches to determining the legitimacy of killing, and that these arguments present a total utilitarian improvement policy鈥攏ot a case for non-voluntary ...
In order to understandPeterSinger’s article "AllAnimalsAreEqual"‚ one has to look at his viewpoint and perspective.Singeris a utilitarian‚ which is someone who believes that best outcome is something that causes that greatest amount of pleasure (or the least amount of pain) for the grea...
Peter Singer | TED2013 • March 2013 If you're lucky enough to live without want, it's a natural impulse to be altruistic to others. But, asks philosopher Peter Singer, what's the most effective way to give? He talks through some surprising thought experiments to help you balance emotio...
In this episode, originally recorded as part ofBioethics Bites,Peter Singeraddresses this question from a utilitarian perspective, stressing the importance individual autonomy.Bioethics Bitesis made in association with the OxfordUehiro Centre for Practical Ethicsand made possible by a grant from theWellcom...
Who is Peter Singer?Peter Singer may be, as The New Yorker calls him, the planet’s “most influential living philosopher.” The Australian academic specializes in applied ethics, to which he takes a secular, utilitarian approach — minimize suffering, maximize well-being. He gained ...
Castro � PAGE * MERGEFORMAT �3� Geneva Castro Professor Allison English 101/Essay 3 19 March, 2013 Peter Singer's Essay It is an irrefutable fact that we...
Say contemporary ethicists, according to Heyd. But to my mind this does a lot to illustrate what is wrong with their way of thinking. The claim that relatively few actions go beyond the requirements of duty would certainly be true for Peter Singer and most utilitarians and consequentialists, ...
An Argument Against Peter Singer’s Defense of Animal Liberation In “A Utilitarian Defense of Animal Liberation,” Peter Singer argues that is morally wrong to cause non-human species (non-human animals) suffering either by preventing them from achieving pleasure, or by causing them pain. Singer...