Singer and His Critics
Philosophers and their Critics (Band Nr. 8)
1. Auflage April 1999
380 Seiten, Softcover
Wiley & Sons Ltd
ISBN:
978-1-55786-909-8
John Wiley & Sons
This is the first book devoted to the work of Peter Singer, one of the leaders of the practical ethics movement, and one of the most influential philosophers of the twentieth century.
Notes on Contributors.
Preface.
1. Singer and the Practical Ethics Movement: Dale Jamieson
(Carleton College).
2. Noncognitivism, Validity, and Conditionals: Frank Jackson
(Australian National University).
3. The Definition of "Moral": Michael Smith (Australian National
University).
4. Peter Singer's Expanding Circle: Compassion and the
Liberation of Ethics: Robert C. Solomon (University of Texas).
5. Teachers in an Age of Transition: Peter Singer (Monash
University) and J. S. Mill: Roger Crisp (St Anne's College).
6. What, if Anything, Renders All Humans Morally Equal? Richard
J. Arneson (University of California at San Diego).
7. Must Utilitarians be Impartial? Lori Gruen (Stanford
University).
8. Our Duties to Animals and the Poor: Colin McGinn (Rutgers
University).
9. Famine Ethics: the Problem of Moral Distance and Singer's
Ethical Theory: F. M. Kamm (New York University).
10. Empathy and Animal Ethics: Richard Holton and Rae Langton
(University of Sheffield).
11. Why I am Only a Demi-Vegetarian: R. M. Hare (University of
Oxford).
12. Respect for Life: Counting What Singer Finds of No Account:
Holmes Rolston III (Colorado State University).
13. A Response: Peter Singer (Monash University).
14. Peter Singer: Selected Publications, 1970-1998.
Index.
Preface.
1. Singer and the Practical Ethics Movement: Dale Jamieson
(Carleton College).
2. Noncognitivism, Validity, and Conditionals: Frank Jackson
(Australian National University).
3. The Definition of "Moral": Michael Smith (Australian National
University).
4. Peter Singer's Expanding Circle: Compassion and the
Liberation of Ethics: Robert C. Solomon (University of Texas).
5. Teachers in an Age of Transition: Peter Singer (Monash
University) and J. S. Mill: Roger Crisp (St Anne's College).
6. What, if Anything, Renders All Humans Morally Equal? Richard
J. Arneson (University of California at San Diego).
7. Must Utilitarians be Impartial? Lori Gruen (Stanford
University).
8. Our Duties to Animals and the Poor: Colin McGinn (Rutgers
University).
9. Famine Ethics: the Problem of Moral Distance and Singer's
Ethical Theory: F. M. Kamm (New York University).
10. Empathy and Animal Ethics: Richard Holton and Rae Langton
(University of Sheffield).
11. Why I am Only a Demi-Vegetarian: R. M. Hare (University of
Oxford).
12. Respect for Life: Counting What Singer Finds of No Account:
Holmes Rolston III (Colorado State University).
13. A Response: Peter Singer (Monash University).
14. Peter Singer: Selected Publications, 1970-1998.
Index.
Winner of the Choice Magazine - Outstanding Academic Title of 1999
Award.
"Dale Jamieson's introductory essay, "Singer and the Practical
Ethics Movement", is designed not just to give the reader a feel
for what Singer has written and not just to personalize him, which
is important in a volume such as this, but to situate him in a
larger social and historical context...The chapter is
riveting...Those of us who use Singer's essays in our
courses...will want to draw upon Jamieson's chapter for background
information." Keith Burgess-Jackson, University of Texas at
Arlington, Ethics, July 2000.
"Whether the reader is a Singer neophyte or a person well
acquainted with his works, this anthology will no doubt enlighten
her, not only with respect to Singer's positions, but also with
respect to the seeming intractability of ethical problems in
general". Antony Skelton, Australasian Journal of Philosophy,
December 2001.
"No one alive today has had such a large influence on practical
ethics as Peter Singer. Furthermore, his contributions to practical
ethics have vividly brought to light central issues in moral
theory. Thus, a volume of essays on his philosophy was an excellent
idea. And the end product is very good...the papers in this
collection rank with the very best recent essays in moral
philosophy". Brad Hooker, University of Reading, Mind, Jan
2002
Award.
"Dale Jamieson's introductory essay, "Singer and the Practical
Ethics Movement", is designed not just to give the reader a feel
for what Singer has written and not just to personalize him, which
is important in a volume such as this, but to situate him in a
larger social and historical context...The chapter is
riveting...Those of us who use Singer's essays in our
courses...will want to draw upon Jamieson's chapter for background
information." Keith Burgess-Jackson, University of Texas at
Arlington, Ethics, July 2000.
"Whether the reader is a Singer neophyte or a person well
acquainted with his works, this anthology will no doubt enlighten
her, not only with respect to Singer's positions, but also with
respect to the seeming intractability of ethical problems in
general". Antony Skelton, Australasian Journal of Philosophy,
December 2001.
"No one alive today has had such a large influence on practical
ethics as Peter Singer. Furthermore, his contributions to practical
ethics have vividly brought to light central issues in moral
theory. Thus, a volume of essays on his philosophy was an excellent
idea. And the end product is very good...the papers in this
collection rank with the very best recent essays in moral
philosophy". Brad Hooker, University of Reading, Mind, Jan
2002
Dale Jamieson is Henry L. Luce Professor in Human Dimensions of Global Change at Carleton College. He is the editor of Readings in Animal Cognition (1996) and Reflecting on Nature: Readings in Environmental Philosophy (1994). For nearly twenty years he taught at the University of Colorado, Boulder, and has also held visiting positions at Cornell, Monash University in Australia, and Oxford University. He works primarily in environmental philosophy, ethics, and philosophy of biology and mind.
