Refuting Peter Singer's Ethical Theory : The Importance of Human Dignity.

Cover -- Refuting Peter Singer's Ethical Theory -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- NOTE -- Chapter One The Goal of Ethics -- SINGER'S CRITIQUE OF OUR BASIC MORAL INTUITIONS -- SINGER'S CRITIQUE OF TRADITIONAL MORALITY -- SINGER'S SEARCH FOR THE FUNDAMENTAL ETHICAL PRINCIPLE -- REPLY TO SINGER ON MORAL INTUITION -- REPLY TO SINGER ON TRADITIONAL MORALITY -- REPLY TO SINGER ON THE FUNDAMENTAL ETHICAL PRINCIPLE -- NOTES -- Chapter Two The Source of Moral Value -- SINGER'S CRITIQUE OF THE OBJECTIVITY OF MORAL VALUE -- SINGER'S PROPOSAL THAT SUBJECTIVE PREFERENCE BE THE BASIS OF MORALITY -- PREFERENCE UTILITARIANISM AS A PRACTICAL ETHICAL THEORY -- REPLY TO SINGER ON OBJECTIVITY -- REPLY TO SINGER ON SUBJECTIVITY -- REPLY TO SINGER ON PRACTICALITY -- NOTES -- Chapter Three The Role of Reason in Ethics -- SINGER ON "EXPERIMENTAL" REASON AS AN AID TO ETHICAL THINKING -- REPLY TO SINGER ON EXPERIMENTAL REASONING -- SINGER ON "RATIONAL INSIGHT" AS AN AID TO ETHICAL THINKING -- REPLY TO SINGER ON RATIONAL INSIGHT -- THE POINT OF VIEW OF THE AGENT -- NOTES -- Chapter Four The Principle of Equal Consideration of Interests -- SINGER'S PRINCIPLE OF EQUAL CONSIDERATION AND ITS RAMIFICATIONS -- REPLY TO SINGER ON THE ETHIC OF EQUAL CONSIDERATION OF INTERESTS -- NOTES -- Chapter Five Why Singer's Principle of Equal Consideration Is a Threat to Morality and to Human Values -- THE LIMITS OF OBJECTIVITY AND OF THE UNIVERSAL POINT OF VIEW -- WHY EXTREME RATIONALITY MAY MAKE US MORALLY STUPID -- NOTES -- Chapter Six On Human Dignity -- NOTES -- Select Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author.

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