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Practical Ethics

Authors

Peter Singer, Princeton University, New Jersey
Published 2011

Description

For thirty years, Peter Singer's Practical Ethics has been the classic introduction to applied ethics. For this third edition, the author has revised and updated all the chapters and added a new chapter addressing climate change, one of the most important ethical challenges of our generation. Some of the questions discussed in this book concern our daily lives. Is it ethical to buy luxuries when others do not have enough to eat? Should we buy meat from intensively reared animals?…

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Key features

  • Gives students the tools they need to tackle the big ethical questions of the day
  • Now thoroughly revised and updated including new chapters on climate change, factory farming and terrorism
  • New edition of the classic textbook that has helped over 100,000 students worldwide to understand ethics

About the book

  • DOI https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511975950
  • Subjects Ethics,Philosophy
  • Format: Hardback
    • Publication date: 21 February 2011
    • ISBN: 9780521881418
    • Dimensions (mm): 228 x 152 mm
    • Weight: 0.59kg
    • Page extent: 352 pages
    • Availability: Available
  • Format: Paperback
    • Publication date: 21 February 2011
    • ISBN: 9780521707688
    • Dimensions (mm): 228 x 152 mm
    • Weight: 0.47kg
    • Page extent: 356 pages
    • Availability: In stock
  • Format: Digital
    • Publication date: 05 June 2012
    • ISBN: 9780511975950

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