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Hegel : a very short introduction / by Singer, Peter,1946-;

Includes bibliographical references and index.Hegel's times and life -- History with a purpose -- Freedom and community -- The odyssey of mind -- Logic and dialectics -- Aftermath.Many people regard Hegel's work as obscure and extremely difficult, yet his importance and influence are universally acknowledged. In this short introduction, the author provides a broad discussion of Hegel's ideas and an account of his major works.

Subjects: Hegel, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich, 1770-1831.;

© 2001., Oxford University Press,

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Marx : a very short introduction / by Singer, Peter,1946-;

Includes bibliographical references (p. 101-105) and index."Peter Singer has succeeded in identifying the central vision that unifies Marx's thought. He thus makes it possible, in remarkably few pages, for us to grasp Marx's views as a whole, rather than as an economist or a social scientist. He explains alienation, historical materialism, the economic theory of Capital, and Marx's ideas of communism, in plain English, and concludes with an assessment of Marx's legacy."--BOOK JACKET.Preface -- A life and its impact -- The young Hegelian -- From God to money -- Enter the Proletariat -- The first Marxism -- Alienation as a theory of history -- The goal of history -- Economics -- Communism -- An assessment.

Subjects: Marx, Karl, 1818-1883.; Marx, Karl.;

© 2000., Oxford University Press,

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The life you can save : acting now to end world poverty / by Singer, Peter,1946-;

Includes bibliographical references (p. [177]-198) and index.THE ARGUMENT. Saving a child -- Is it wrong not to help? -- Common objections to giving -- HUMAN NATURE. Why don't we give more? -- Creating a culture of giving -- THE FACTS ABOUT AID. How much does it cost to save a life, and how can you tell which charities do it best? -- Improving aid -- A NEW STANDARD FOR GIVING. Your child and the children of others -- Asking too much? -- A realistic approach.Arguing that our current response to world poverty is not only insufficient but ethically indefensible, philosopher Peter Singer offers a seven-point plan that mixes personal philanthropy (figuring how much to give and how best to give it), local activism (spreading the word in your community), and political awareness (contacting your representatives to ensure that your nation's foreign aid is really directed to the world's poorest people).

Subjects: Charity.; Humanitarianism.; Economic assistance.; Poverty.;

© c2009., Random House,

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Practical ethics / by Singer, Peter,1946-;

Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-321) and index.About ethics -- Equality and its implications -- Equality for animals? -- What's wrong with killing? -- Taking life : animals -- Taking life : the embryo and fetus -- Taking life : humans -- Rich and poor -- Climate change -- The environment -- Civil disobedience, violence and terrorism -- Why act morally?"For thirty years, Peter Singer's Practical Ethics has been the classic introduction to applied ethics. For this third edition, the author has revised and updated all the chapters and added a new chapter addressing climate change, one of the most important ethical challenges of our generation. Some of the questions discussed in this book concern our daily lives. Is it ethical to buy luxuries when others do not have enough to eat? Should we buy meat from intensively reared animals? Am I doing something wrong if my carbon footprint is above the global average? Other questions confront us as concerned citizens: equality and discrimination on the grounds of race or sex; abortion, the use of embryos for research and euthanasia; political violence and terrorism; and the preservation of our planet's environment. This book's lucid style and provocative argumentsmake it an ideal text for university courses and for anyone willing to think about how she or he ought to live"--Provided by publisher.

Subjects: Ethics.; Social ethics.;

© 2011., Cambridge University Press,

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Animal liberation : the definitive classic of the animal movement / by Singer, Peter,1946-;

Since its original publication in 1975, this groundbreaking work has awakened millions of people to the existence of "speciesism," our systematic disregard of nonhuman animals, inspiring a worldwide movement to transform our attitudes to animals and eliminate the cruelty we inflict on them. In Animal Liberation, author Peter Singer exposes the chilling realities of today's "factory farms" and product-testing procedures, destroying the spurious justifications behind them, and offering alternatives to what has become a profound environmental and social as well as moral issue. An important and persuasive appeal to conscience, fairness, decency, and justice, it is essential reading for the supporter and the skeptic alike.Preface to the 2009 edition -- 1: All animals are equal: or why the ethical principle on which human equality rests requires us to extend equal consideration to animals too -- 2: Tools for research: your taxes at work -- 3: Down on the factory farm: or what happened to your dinner when it was still an animal -- 4: Becoming a vegetarian: or how to produce less suffering and more food at a reduced cost to the environment -- 5: Man's dominion: a short history of speciesism -- 6: Speciesism today: defenses, rationalizations, and objections to animal liberation and the progress made in overcoming them.P.S. Insights, interviews & more (p. 1-32 following p. 311): Peter Singer: in his own words -- Preface to the 1975 edition -- Animal liberation at 30.Includes bibliographical references and index.

Subjects: Animal welfare; Animal rights movement.; Animal rights.; Vegetarianism.;

© 2009, c1975., Harper Perennial,

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In defense of animals : the second wave / by Singer, Peter,1946-;

Includes bibliographical references (p. 228-232) and index.Introduction / Peter Singer -- Utilitarianism and animals / Gaverick Matheny -- The scientific basis for assessing suffering in animals / Marian Stamp Dawkins -- On the question of personhood beyond Homo sapiens / David DeGrazia -- The animal debate : a reexamination / Paola Cavalieri -- Religion and animals / Paul Waldau -- Speciesism in the laboratory / Richard D. Ryder -- Brave new farm? / Jim Mason and Mary Finelli -- Outlawed in Europe / Clare Druce and Philip Lymbery -- Against zoos / Dale Jamieson -- To eat the laughing animal / Dale Peterson -- How Austria achieved a historic breakthrough for animals / Martin Balluch -- Butchers' knives into pruning hooks : civil disobedience for animals / Pelle Strindlund -- Opening cages, opening eyes : an investigation and open rescue at an egg factory farm / Miyun Park -- Living and working in defense of animals / Matt Ball -- Effective advocacy : stealing from the corporate playbook / Bruce Friedrich -- Moving the media : from foes, or indifferent strangers, to friends / Karen Dawn -- The CEO as animal activist : John Mackey and Whole Foods / John Mackey, Karen Dawn, and Lauren Ornelas -- Ten points for activists / Henry Spira and Peter Singer -- A final word / Peter Singer."In Defense of Animals: The Second Wave brings together the best current ethical thinking about animals. Edited by Peter Singer, who made "speciesism" an international issue in 1975 when he published Animal Liberation, this new book presents the state of the animal movement that his classic work helped to inspire." "Singer has assembled incisive new articles by philosophers and by activists. In Defense of Animals is sure to inform and inspire all who want to understand, or contribute to, the unfolding moral revolution in the way we treat animals."--BOOK JACKET.

Subjects: Animal welfare; Animal rights movement.;

© 2006., Blackwell Pub.,

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Ethics / by Singer, Peter,1946-;

Includes bibliographical references (pages 393-396) and index.Part I: The nature of ethics: it's origins, variations, and basis -- A. The long search for the origins of ethics -- Morality as the advantage of the stronger: a debate between Socrates and Thrasymachus / Plato -- Moral virtue, how produced / Aristotle -- Are humans good by nature? A debate between Chinese sages / Mencius -- Of the natural condition of mankind and the laws of nature / Thomas Hobbes -- The natural state of man / Jean-Jacques Rousseau -- Affection of humanity: the foundation of morals / David Hume -- The noble descent of duty / Immanuel Kant -- The material basis of morality / Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels -- The origin of the moral sense / Charles Darwin -- The origins of herd morality / Friedrich Nietzsche -- The cultural super-ego / Sigmund Freud -- In a different voice / Carol Gilligan.B. Common themes in primate ethics -- 1. Kinship -- Helping kin in chimpanzees / Jane Goodwill -- A universal duty / Edward Westermarck -- The genetic basis of kinship / David Barash -- 2. Reciprocity -- Chimpanzee justice / Frans De Waal -- Live and let live / Tony Ashworth -- Reciprocal gift-giving among the!Kung / Lorna Marshall -- The Kula Ring / Bruno Malinowski -- A single word / Confucius -- The law of Hammurabi -- Turn the other cheek / Jesus -- The whole Torah, while standing on one foot / Hillel -- The evolution of reciprocal altruism / Robert Trivers -- Tit for Tat / Robert Axelrod -- 3. Sexual morality -- Incest avoidance among Chimpanzees / Jane Goodall -- The horror of incest / Edward Westermarck -- The social rules of Chimpanzee sex / Frans De Waal -- Adultery among the!Kung / Lorna Marshall -- Incest and Adultery / The Bible -- A commentary on the sixth commandment / Martin Luther -- The double standard / Donals Symons.C. The Role of Reason -- Reason and passion / David Hume -- Pure practical reason and the moral law / Immanuel Kant -- Adding ethical substance to Kant's empty formalism / G.W.F. Hegel -- The axioms of ethics / Henry Sidgwick -- Society the school, custom the headmaster / Edward Westermarck -- A lecture on ethics / Ludwig Wittgenstein -- Ethics for logical positivists / A.J. Ayer -- Condemned to be free / Jean-Paul Sartre -- The objective basis of morality / Thomas Nagel -- The argument from queerness / J.L. Mackie -- Evolution and the basis of morality / Colin McGinn -- Reason, gender, and moral theory / Virginia Held -- Realism / Michael Smith.Part II: The Content of Ethics: Judging Good Outcomes and Right Acts -- A. Ultimate good -- The ceasing of woe / The Buddha -- The end for human nature / Aristotle -- The pursuit of pleasure / Epicurus -- A stoic view of life / Epictetus -- The Sermon on the Mount / Jesus -- The saints of the desert / W.E.H. Lecky -- Story of a good Brahmin / Voltaire -- Push-pin and poetry / Jeremy Bentham -- Higher and lower pleasures / John Stuart Mill -- Good as the satisfaction of demands / William James -- Desirable consciousness / Henry Sidgwick -- Beauty and friendship / G.E. Moore -- Truth and Ahimsa / M.K. Gandhi -- The right to be unhappy / Aldous Huxley -- The myth of Sisyphus / Albert Camus -- The experience machine / Robert Nozick -- The basic values / John Finnis -- What makes someone's life go best / Derek Parfit.B. Deciding What is Right -- 1. Natural law, natural rights -- a. The theory -- Of the natural law / Thomas Aquinas -- Our rights in the state of nature / John Locke -- Declaration on Euthanasia / The Vatican -- Absolute human rights / John Finnis -- The rationality of side constraints / Robert Nozick -- Moral Aspects of sterility tests / Gerald Kelly -- b. Criticism -- Provincial letters / Blaise Pascal -- Natural rights / Jeremy Bentham -- On nature / John Stuart Mill -- 2. Kant's Ethics of Duty -- a. The theory -- The Categorical Imperative / Immanuel Kant -- On a supposed right to lie from altruistic motives / Immanuel Kant -- b. Criticism -- Maria Von Herbert's challenge to Kant / Rae Langton -- The conscience of Huckleberry Finn / Jonathan Bennett -- 3. Consequentialism -- a. The theory -- The principle of utility / Jeremy Bentham -- The Archbishop and the Chambermald / William Godwin -- Issues for Utilitarians / Henry Sidgwick -- Desert Island promises / J.J.C. Smart -- The structure of ethics and morals / R.M. Hare -- b. Criticism -- Ivan's challenge / Fyodor Dostoevsky -- The personal character of duty / W.D. Ross -- The separateness of persons / John Rawls -- Jim and the Indians / Bernard Williams -- Moral Saints / Susan Wolf.4. Contract ethics -- a. The theory -- The main idea of the theory of justice / John Rawls -- Why contractarianism? / David Gauthier -- b. Criticism -- Duties concerning islands / Mary Midgley -- Epilogue -- How both human history and the history of ethics may be just beginning / Derek Parfit -- Select Biography.What is ethics? Where does it come from? Can we really hope to find any rational way of deciding how we ought to live? If we can, what would it be like, and how are we going to know when we have found it? This book is not a conventional reader in moral philosophy. To capture the essentials of what we know about the origins and nature of ethics, Peter Singer has drawn on anthropology, history, observations of non-human animals, the theory of evolution, game theory, and works of fiction, in addition to moral philosophy. By choosing some of the finest pieces of writing, old and new, in and about ethics, he conveys the intellectual excitement of the search for answers to basic questions about how we ought to live.

Subjects: Ethics.; Morale.; Ethics.;

© 1994., Oxford University Press,

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What we knew : terror, mass murder and everyday life in Nazi Germany : an oral history / by Johnson, Eric A.(Eric Arthur),1948-; Reuband, Karl-Heinz,1946-;

Includes bibliographical references (p. 399-417) and index.Pt. 1. Jewish survivors' testimonies. 1. Jews who left Germany before Kristallnacht: William Benson, Leipzig ; Margarete Leib, Karlsruhe ; Henry Singer, Berlin ; Karl Meyer, Cologne -- 2. Jews who left Germany after Kristallnacht: Armin Hertz, Berlin ; Josef Stone, Frankfurt ; Elise and Hermann Gottfried, Berlin ; Rebecca Weisner, Berlin ; Joseph Weinberg, Stuttgart -- 3. Jews who were deported from Germany during the war: Max Liffmann, Mannheim, 1940 to Gurs ; Herta Rosenthal, Leipzig, 1942 to Riga ; Ernst Levin, Breslau, 1943 to Auschwitz ; Ruth Mendel, Frankfurt, 1943 to Auschwitz ; Helmut Grunewald, Cologne, 1943 to Auschwitz ; Herbert Klein, Nuremberg, 1943 to Theresienstadt ; Werner Holz, Krefeld, 1943 to Theresienstadt ; Hannelore Mahler, Krefeld, 1944 to Theresienstadt -- Jews who went into hiding: Ilse Landau, Berlin ; Lore Schwartz, Berlin ; Rosa Hirsch, Magdeburg -- Pt. 2. "Ordinary Germans" testimonies. 5. Everyday life and knowing little about mass murder: Hubert Lutz, Cologne ; Marta Hessler, Stettin ; Rolf Heberer, Freithal ; Gertrud Sombart, Dresden ; Erwin Hammel, Cologne ; Anna Rudolf, Berlin ; Peter Reinke, Cologne ; Helga Schmidt, Dresden ; Werner Hassel, LeobschuÌtz -- Everyday life and hearing about mass murder: Hiltrud KuÌhnel, Frankfurt ; Ruth Hildebrand, Berlin ; Ekkehard Falter, Dresden ; Stefan Reuter, Berlin ; Ernst Walters, Schwalbach ; Effie Engle, Dresden ; Winfried Schiller, Beuten -- Witnessing and participating in mass murder: Adam Grolsch, Krefeld ; Hans Ruprecht, Cologne ; Albert Emmerich, Eberswalde ; Walter Sanders, Krefeld -- Pt. 3. Jewish survivors' survey evidence: Everyday life and anti-semitism ; Terror ; Mass murder -- Pt. 4. "Ordinary Germans" survey evidence: Everyday life and support for National Socialism ; Terror ; Mass murder -- Conclusion: What did they know?What We Knew offers the most startling oral history ever done of life in the Third Reich. Combining the expertise of a German sociologist and an American historian, it draws on both gripping oral histories and a unique survey of 4,000 people-both German Jews and non-Jewish Germans, who lived under the Third Reich. It directly addresses some of the most fundamental questions we have about the Nazi regime, particularly regarding anti-Semitism, issues of guilt and ignorance, popular support for the government, and the nature of the dictatorship itself. Johnson and Reuband's original research confirms that both Germans and Jews were aware of the mass murder of European Jews as it was occurring. From the responses of Jewish survivors, German anti-Semitism wasn't universal among their neighbors and colleagues, even as they experienced official mistreatment. Additionally, the authors' research suggests that Hitler and National Socialism were genuinely popular among ordinary Germans and that intimidation and terror played no great part in enforcing loyalty. Refuting long-held assumptions, the discoveries revealed in What We Knew are key to our understanding of life in the Third Reich, and make this book a central work for scholars of the Holocaust, World War II, and totalitarianism. Drawing on interviews with four thousand German Jews and non-Jewish Germans who experienced the Third Reich firsthand, an intriguing oral history describes everyday life in Nazi Germany, addressing such issues as guilt and ignorance concerning the mass murder of European Jews, anti-Semitism, and the popular appeal of Hitler and National Socialism.

© c2005., Basic Books,

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