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Ethics Paperback - 1992

by Singer, Peter

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To capture the essentials of what we know about the origins and nature of ethics, Singer has drawn on anthropology, history, observations of non-human animals, the theory of evolution, game theory, and works of fiction. By choosing some of the finest pieces of writing, old and new, in and about ethics, he conveys the intellectual excitement of the search for answers to basic questions about how we ought to live.

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New York: Oxford University Press, 1992. First Edition. Paperback. Near Fine. Edited by Peter Singer. Near Fine. Wraps lightly rubbed. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. A collection of important writings on ethics drawn from history, anthropology, evolution, game theory, fiction, and other fields.
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Details

  • Title Ethics
  • Author Singer, Peter
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition First Edition
  • Condition Used - Near Fine
  • Pages 432
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Oxford University Press, New York
  • Date 1992
  • Features Bibliography
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 8963
  • ISBN 9780192892454 / 0192892452
  • Weight 1.4 lbs (0.64 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.2 x 6.23 x 0.91 in (23.37 x 15.82 x 2.31 cm)
  • Library of Congress subjects Ethics
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 93029249
  • Dewey Decimal Code 170

From the rear cover

What is ethics? Where does it come from? Can we really hope to find any rational way of deciding how we ought to live? If we can, what would it be like, and how are we going to know when we have found it? This book is not a conventional reader in moral philosophy. To capture the essentials of what we know about the origins and nature of ethics, Peter Singer has drawn on anthropology, history, observations of non-human animals, the theory of evolution, game theory, and works of fiction, in addition to moral philosophy. By choosing some of the finest pieces of writing, old and new, in and about ethics, he conveys the intellectual excitement of the search for answers to basic questions about how we ought to live.

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About the author

Peter Singer is DeCamp Professor of Bioethics in the University Center for Human Values at Princeton University. He has made numerous TV appearances talking about ethics and animal rights; he is general editor of `Studies in Bioethics' (OUP); extremely well known in Australia and a big name in ethics throughout the world.