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God, the Good, and Utilitarianism

Perspectives on Peter Singer

  • Hardback
  • 229 pages
  • Publisher: Cambridge University Press
  • 15.3 x 22.9 x 1.5 cm

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Is ethics about happiness? Aristotle thought so and for centuries Christians agreed, until utilitarian thinkers raised worries about where this would lead. In this volume, Peter Singer, leading utilitarian philosopher and controversial defender of infanticide and euthanasia, addresses this question in conversation with Christian ethicists and secular utilitarians. Their engagement reveals surprising points of agreement and difference on questions of moral theory, the history of ethics, and current issues such as climate change, abortion, poverty and animal rights. The volume explores the advantages and pitfalls of basing morality on happiness; if ethics is teleological, is its proper aim the subjective satisfaction of preferences? Or is human flourishing found in objective goods - friendship, intellectual curiosity, meaningful labour? This volume provides a timely review of how utilitarians and Christians conceive of the good, and will be of great interest to those studying religious ethics, philosophy of religion and applied ethics.
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  • Author

    John Perry

  • Book Format

    Hardback

  • Publisher

    Cambridge University Press

  • Published

    February 2014

  • Weight

    454g

  • Page Count

    229

  • Dimensions

    15.3 x 22.9 x 1.5 cm

  • ISBN

    9781107050754

  • ISBN-10

    1107050758

  • Eden Code

    4250809

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