How Are We to Live: Ethics in an Age of Self-Interest (OPUS) - Tapa blanda

Singer, Peter

 
9780192892959: How Are We to Live: Ethics in an Age of Self-Interest (OPUS)
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ISBN 10: 0192892959 ISBN 13: 9780192892959
Editorial: Oxford Univ Pr, 1997

Sinopsis

B'Imagine that you could choose a book that everyone in the world would read. My choice would be this book.' Roger Crisp, Ethics Many people have an uneasy feeling that they may be missing out on something basic that would give their lives a significance it currently lacks. But how should we live? What is there to stop us behaving selfishly? In a highly readable account which makes reference to a wide variety of sources and everyday issues, Peter Singer suggests that the conventional pursuit of self-interest is individually and collectively self-defeating. Taking into consideration the beliefs of Jesus, Kant, Rousseau, and Adam Smith amongst others, he looks at a number of different cultures, including America, Japan, and the Aborigines to assess whether or not selfishness is in our genes and how we may find greater satisfaction in an ethical lifestyle.

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Peter Singer is currently Professor of Philosophy, Co-Director of the Institute of Ethics and Public Affairs, and Deputy Director of the Centre for Human Bioethics at Monash University, Melbourne.

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Editorial
Oxford Univ Pr
Año de publicación
1997
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
0192892959
ISBN 13 
9780192892959
Encuadernación
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Número de páginas
318
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