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Singer argues in favour of a form of R. M. Hare's notion of universalizability as a basis for ethics: he argues we should make choices with reference to the whole universe. [3] He proposes that ethical behavior is in fact beneficial for the individual under real-life conditions, and proposes five practical ethical rules based on a computer ...
Peter Albert David Singer AC FAHA (born 6 July 1946) is an Australian moral philosopher who is Emeritus Ira W. DeCamp Professor of Bioethics at Princeton University. Singer's work specialises in applied ethics , approaching the subject from a secular , utilitarian perspective.
"The Expanding Circle: Ethics and Sociobiology by Peter Singer Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1981, xiv+190 pp., £6.95. The Shaping of Man: Philosophical Aspects of Sociobiology by Roger Trigg Oxford: Blackwell, 1982, xx+186 pp., £12.50, £6.95 paper".
The centre is now known as the Monash Bioethics Centre. It focusses on the branch of ethics known as bioethics, a field relating to biological science and medicine. It was founded in October 1980 by Professors Peter Singer and Helga Kuhse, [1] as the first centre in Australia devoted to bioethics, and one of the first in the world. [2]
Peter Singer, Practical Ethics, 1979/2011; Alasdair MacIntyre, After Virtue, 1981/2007; Samuel Scheffler, The Rejection of Consequentialism, 1982/1994; Derek Parfit, Reasons and Persons, 1984; Bernard Williams, Ethics and the Limits of Philosophy, 1985; David Gauthier, Morals by Agreement, 1986; Peter Railton, "Moral Realism", 1986
One World: The Ethics of Globalisation is a 2002 book about globalization by the philosopher Peter Singer.In the book, Singer applies moral philosophy to four issues: the impact of human activity on the atmosphere; international trade regulation (and the World Trade Organization); the concept of national sovereignty; and the distribution of aid.
By contrast, Peter Singer has emphasized the importance of rationality among humans as a way in which the moral circle is expanded. [5] Another theory is that moral circle expansion is related to climbing Maslow's hierarchy of needs and so being able to focus on others to a greater extent once more personal needs have been fulfilled. [ 5 ]
Peter Singer "Famine, Affluence, and Morality" is an essay written by Peter Singer in 1971 and published in Philosophy & Public Affairs in 1972. It argues that affluent persons are morally obligated to donate far more resources to humanitarian causes than is considered normal in Western cultures.