Posted in Animals, Ethics, Philosophy on October 27, 2007 | No Comments »
From this foundation, much of Singer’s moral reasoning follows standard utilitarianism. However, he departs from this with his notion of replaceability. Utilitarianism holds that it is right to maximise pleasure, or the satisfaction of desires, regardless of the content of these pleasures. Thus it does not matter to the utilitarian whether I derive my pleasure [...]
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Posted in Animals, Ethics, Philosophy on October 24, 2007 | No Comments »
Like many ethicists, Singer takes it as axiomatic that ethics requires one to justify one’s actions, not merely in terms of self-interest, but from a universal standpoint. He points to examples such as the Golden Rule and the Categorical Imperative to substantiate this claim. From here, he goes on to claim that:
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Posted in Animals, Ethics, Philosophy on October 21, 2007 | No Comments »
If you were to take a sample of the books written on ethics in the last century and sort them into two piles, one containing books published prior to 1970, the other containing those published after, almost all of the books dealing with animals would be in the second pile. One ethicist who helped bring [...]
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Posted in Admin on October 21, 2007 | 1 Comment »
What the title says. Because I’m busy learning how to teach and writing essays, I don’t have a lot of time to blog at the moment. In the meantime, I’ll put up my latest ethics essay - it actually seems to be a pretty good idea because when I put up the essay on utilitarianism the visits [...]
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