Singer’s work inapplied ethicsand his activism in politics were informed by hisutilitarianism, the tradition in ethical philosophy that holds that actions are right or wrong depending on the extent to which they promotehappinessor preventpain. In an influential early article, “Famine, Affluence, ...
Peter Singer can, with justification, be regarded as the founding father of the contemporary animal liberation movement. The increased public awareness of what exactly transpires in our treatment of non-humans — in factory farming, medical research, product testing, and so on — is, to a ...
The paper begins by situating Singer within the British meta-ethical tradition. It sets out the main steps in his argument for utilitarianism as the 'default setting' of ethical thought. It argues that Singer's argument depends on a hierarchy of reasons, such that the ethical viewpoint is und...
Lesson 2: Utilitarianism Lecture 3 Notes (Contractarianism/Hobbesian Social Contract Theory) Lecture 4 Notes (Contractualism/Kantian Ethics) Lecture 5 Notes: Judith Jarvis Thomson and Don Marquis Lecture 6 Notes (Warren and Singer) Lecture 7 (Tooley and English) Lecture 8 (Norcross and Regan) Lect...
Peter Singer Utilitarianism PeterSingerasserts that utilitarianism implies a moral obligation to be a vegetarian. Utilitarianism holds that the right actions‚ or what we ought to do‚ are those actions that are expected to produce the best overall consequences‚ provide maximum utility‚ ...
because they want to promote their self interest. Thoughallthe discrimination arguments should be handled through utilitarianism: one lifeequalsone life‚ no matter of species‚ more often than not humans utilize egoism to make their arguments. I believe thatSingeris right in his argument because...
You mention in the new book that you have recently become more sympathetic to hedonistic utilitarianism (at least as of your 2014 book, The Point of View of the Universe) as an alternative to preference utilitarianism. Have your views on this continued to evolve in the last year or two, an...
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The article focuses on the arguments of Peter Singer for utilitarianism. It states that Singer views that people should live according to ethical standards, in which they could justify their chosen ways of living. It states that a justification is not ethical if it would only benefit the self-...
The fundamental moral philosophy of Peter Singer and the methodology of utilitarianism. This aimed to study the fundamental principles of the moral philosophy of Peter Singer. Singer is attributed as being thoroughly logical and consistent. The aim was to verify the truth of this claim. Although ...