Living Ethically In an Interconnected World [1, 1 ed.]

This collection is a selection of thoughtful, penetrating short essays on applied ethics, written by Peter Singer, Profe

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Living Ethically In an Interconnected World [1, 1 ed.]

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Table of contents :
Introduction
How many lives is Notre Dame Worth?
The price of watch and last laugh in Ukraine
Saint Diana
The One Percent Solution
Blatant Benevolence
The Lives You Saved
The hidden costs of money
An Honest Man?
How Honest Are We?
Happiness, Money, and Giving It Away
Are humans getting better?
Should We Trust Our Moral Intuitions?
Jeremy Bentham's fallacies, then and now
Can Ethics Be Taught?
Can Business Be Ethical?
Why Climb Mount Everest
Is it ok to cheat at football?
Is Doping Wrong?
A surfing reflection
Are riots ever justifiable?
When will the cure be worse than the disease?
The Case for Human COVID-19 Challenge Trials
Should We Talk About Race and Intelligence?
The Ethics of Internet Piracy
Sticking to It
Tiger Mothers or Elephant Mothers?
Weigh More, Pay More
A clear case for golden rice
No Smile Limit
The Ransom Dilemma
Was Killing Suleimani Justified?
Are you buying oil from Saudi Arabia?
Free Speech, Muhammad, and the Holocaust
Rugby Australia’s “Own Goal”
The man who didn’t save the world

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