Ethics in the Real World
by Peter Singer · first published 2016
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In Ethics in the Real World, Singer shows that he is also a master at dissecting important current events in a few hundred words. In this book of brief essays, he applies his controversial ways of thinking to issues like climate change, extreme poverty, animals, abortion, euthanasia, human genetic selection, sports doping, the sale of kidneys, the ethics of high-priced art, and ways of increasing happiness. Singer asks whether chimpanzees are people, smoking should be outlawed, or consensual sex between adult siblings should be decriminalized, and he reiterates his case against the idea that a
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on “Ask HN: What book changed your life?” ↗Applied Ethics is a great book, though a bit pricey: https://www.amazon.com/dp/0198750676 Ethics In The Real World is good, too: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/30272030-ethics-in-the-r...
on “M.I.T. Media Lab concealed its relationship with Jeffrey Epstein” ↗Stop bringing up good things I should read! I'll never get caught up! :) I picked up Peter Singer's "Ethics in the Real World" the other day to add more grist to the mill in nice, bite-size chunks on a variety of topics. His piece on free speech came to mind when I looked up Jordan Peterson. I encourage you to put down your…
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