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Title: Rethinking Life and Death : The Collapse of Our Traditional Ethics by Peter Singer ISBN: 0-312-14401-6 Publisher: St. Martin's Press Pub. Date: 15 April, 1996 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.5 (4 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: It's refreshing to see an author tackle such topics
Comment: Peter Singer is a modern philosopher that's not afraid to drive down some dark moral alleys. In this book, he tackles the topics of brain death, organ harvesting, abortion, infanticide, and animal rights. For the most part, he does a fantastic job of establishing a premise and then logically progressing to a conclusion that may leave our traditional ethics in shambles.
Dr. Singer's arguments related to quality of life, the rights of a fetus, and examining "brain death" for what it really is were persuasive and effective I thought. When he got to discussing the rights of animals as they relate to humans, though, I thought he got a little sloppy. Instead of leading you from A to B to C as he did earlier, he kind of goes from A to C to F, and ignores that there may be a G. His "consciousness equation" that he applies to infants born with only a brain stem, adults in a persistent vegetative state, and gorillas as a case against "speciesism" seems inappropriate and ignores the sum potential of each species. In my opinion, invalid generalizations lead to untenable conclusions.
This is not to say that I believe that animal testing is justifiable or that pro-life advocates that aren't vegans aren't hypocrites: my personal beliefs are beside the point. It just seems that Singer's past as a founder of the Australian Animal Rights Movement betray him a little bit here and reduces the effectiveness of the argument as a whole. It is, however, refreshing to see an author tackle such pregnant topics without fear.
Rating: 5
Summary: A must read
Comment: This book is both stunning and disturbing. It asks questions regarding our ethical stand on abortion, euthanasia, and the line we draw between life & death. Singer, as he did in Animal Liberation, forces us to ponder these thought provoking issues.
Rating: 4
Summary: an eye opener
Comment: This book adresses some serious questions about human acceptance to the the putting to sleep of brain dead and other humans that have no capacity for life. The ethical considerations and implications are discussed and argued well. The extension to the abortion issue and where to draw the line (if any) between abortion and murder is discussed. as well as with regards to malformed foetus'. Well written
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Title: Practical Ethics by Peter Singer ISBN: 052143971X Publisher: Cambridge University Press Pub. Date: 29 January, 1993 List Price(USD): $22.00 |
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Title: How Are We to Live?: Ethics in an Age of Self-Interest by Peter Singer ISBN: 0879759666 Publisher: Prometheus Books Pub. Date: May, 1995 List Price(USD): $22.00 |
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Title: Writings on an Ethical Life by Peter Singer ISBN: 0060007443 Publisher: Ecco Pub. Date: 18 September, 2001 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
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Title: One World: The Ethics of Globalization by Peter Singer ISBN: 0300096860 Publisher: Yale Univ Pr Pub. Date: 01 October, 2002 List Price(USD): $21.95 |
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Title: Rethinking Peter Singer: A Christian Critique (Christian Classics Bible Studies) by Gordon Robert Preece ISBN: 0830826823 Publisher: Intervarsity Press Pub. Date: September, 2002 List Price(USD): $18.00 |
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