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020			_a9781107279629 (ebook)
020			_z9781107050754 (hardback)
020			_z9781107696570 (paperback)
040			_aUkCbUP _beng _erda _cUkCbUP _dBD-SySUS.
050	0	0	_aB5704.S554 _bG63 2014
082	0	0	_a171/.5 _223
245	0	0	_aGod, the Good, and Utilitarianism : _bPerspectives on Peter Singer / _cedited by John Perry.
246	3		_aGod, the Good, & Utilitarianism
264		1	_aCambridge : _bCambridge University Press, _c2014.
300			_a1 online resource (229 pages) : _bdigital, PDF file(s).
500			_aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 04 Apr 2016).
520			_aIs ethics about happiness? Aristotle thought so and for centuries Christians agreed, until utilitarianism raised worries about where this would lead. In this volume, Peter Singer, leading utilitarian philosopher and controversial defender of infanticide and euthanasia, addresses this question in conversation with Christian ethicists and secular utilitarians. Their engagement reveals surprising points of agreement and difference on questions of moral theory, the history of ethics, and current issues such as climate change, abortion, poverty and animal rights. The volume explores the advantages and pitfalls of basing morality on happiness; if ethics is teleological, is its proper aim the subjective satisfaction of preferences? Or is human flourishing found in objective goods: friendship, intellectual curiosity, meaningful labour? This volume provides a timely review of how utilitarians and Christians conceive of the good, and will be of great interest to those studying religious ethics, philosophy of religion and applied ethics.
650		0	_aUtilitarianism
650		0	_aGood and evil
650		0	_aChristian ethics
700	1		_aPerry, John, _eeditor.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _z9781107050754
856	4	0	_uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781107279629
942			_2Dewey Decimal Classification _ceBooks
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