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Singer, Peter, 1946-

Practical ethics / Peter Singer. - 2nd ed. - Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1993. - xiii, 395 p. ; 22 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 360-379) and index.

1. About ethics
2. Equality and its implications
3. Equality for animals?
4. What's wrong with killing?
5. Taking life: animals
6. Taking life: the embryo and the foetus
7. Taking life: humans
8. Rich and poor
9. Insiders and outsiders
10. The environment
11. Ends and means
12. Why act morally?
Appendix: on being silenced in Germany
Notes
references and further reading.


ISBN: 0521433630 (hc) 052143971X (pb)

LCCN: 92023819

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Ethics.
Social ethics.

LC Class. No.: BJ1012 / .S49 1993

Dewey Class. No.: 170 SIN