How are we to live?
ethics in an age of self-interest
by Peter Singer
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Singer suggests that people who take an ethical approach to life often avoid the trap of meaninglessness, finding a deeper satisfaction in what they are doing than those people whose goals are narrower and more self-centered. He spells out what he means by an ethical approach to life and shows that it can bring about significant and far-reaching changes to one's life.
How Are We to Live? explores the way in which standard contemporary assumptions about human nature and self-interest have led to a world that is fraught with social and environmental problems. Singer asks whether selfishness is in our genes and concludes that we do not have to accept the bleak view of human nature sometimes believed to be inevitable, given our evolutionary origins.
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Ethics, Self-interest, Social ethics| Edition | Availability |
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How are we to live?: ethics in an age of self-interest
1997, Oxford University Press
in English
0192892959 9780192892959
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How are we to live?: ethics in an age of self-interest
1995, Prometheus Books
in English
0879759666 9780879759667
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How are we to live?: ethics in an age of self-interest
1994, Mandarin, Prometheus Books
in English
0749319372 9780749319373
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How are we to live?: ethics in an age of self-interest
1993, Text Pub. Co.
in English
1863721010 9781863721011
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 236-252) and index.
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