credibility of the source and make a judgement on its relevance to our topic/argument. Credibility can be validated based off on the background of the author, impartiality, style and tone of article and currency. For instance for an argument on animal rights as described in…, the argument can be presented in different ways depending on the specialization of the author. A phychologist, philosopher or economist might present the argument in different style. Also, the author’s personal interest to the subject
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hungry. The two articles summarized are Jan Narveson’s article “Feeding the Hungry” and Peter Singer’s article “Singer Solution to The World.” This paper will also discuss utilitarianism and virtue ethics and how individually each article ties into both ethical theories. In the article Singer Solution to World Poverty, Peter Singer offers a solution to world poverty. Singers solution is clear-cut and precise. Singer claims that to successfully end world poverty, whatever money not spent on necessities
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PETER SINGER ETHICS AND INTUITIONS (Received 25 January 2005; accepted 26 January 2005) ABSTRACT. For millennia, philosophers have speculated about the origins of ethics. Recent research in evolutionary psychology and the neurosciences has shed light on that question. But this research also has normative significance. A standard way of arguing against a normative ethical theory is to show that in some circumstances the theory leads to judgments that are contrary to our common moral intuitions
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Catholics p. 16 ‘Ensoulment’, soul, and the sacredness of life p. 18 Religious views in conflict: liberalism and conservatism p. 19 Philosophical Problems in Abortion An argument against abortion p. 20 Personhood p. 21 A ‘person’ as rational and self-conscious: Peter Singer p. 24 Moral rights: the foetus and the mother p. 26 A woman’s right to an abortion: Judith Jarvis Thomson p. 28 ‘Why abortion is immoral’: Don Marquis p. 29 Anthology
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and Morality” Peter Singer gives a seemingly devastating critique of our selfish, self-centred ways of thinking about famine relief, charity, and morality in general. Not many people have accepted his conclusions which effectively state that those better off in life should as a matter of morality change their psyche and donate their excess wealth to the point of marginal utility and reduce their stature to that of others not well off and this is also the utilitarian principle. Singer gives the example
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On pages 248-258 Peter Singer and Jim Mason discuss the ethics of eating meat. They bring in several different authors to discuss this idea. However, while they bring in the authors’ the clearest conclusion that they make is that, The moral distance between the food choices made by conscientious omnivores and those made by the most of the population is so great that it seems more appropriate to praise the conscientious omnivores for how far they have come, rather than to criticize them for not
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As many of you may know, Afghanistan is the world’s top illicit opium producer. Every year there’s always this new TIMES headline that titles, “Afghanistan hits record high in opium crop this year” and it’s become so repetitive, I’ve gotten to the point where I roll my eyes and ask, ‘When isn’t it?’. Then last year, I came across another TIMES article, again about opium in Afghanistan. Just as I was about to sigh in exasperation, I saw the title, “U.S. Troops Leave Widows Jobless”. The article takes
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Does the valid mandate authorize the bank to give the term deposits (no) 3. What effect should be given to the letter of july 1st (none) 4. Did the bank owe obligation to grandma, and not rely on the letter (yes, 2138) | Ratio | 1. Argument: Bank is a special type of agent, v. strong fiduciary duties; if they’ve been defrauded they are 100% liable. Answer: Bank should have been more [2138] prudent and diligent; it wasn’t prudent cash out the account, and the bank wasn’t diligent in
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the non-anthropocentric perspective endorsed by a wide number of scholars in the field. Let’s look at one example. Speciesism Probably one of the most well-known arguments against the anthropocentric ethical perspective was proposed by Peter Singer in Animal Liberation(1975). In the first chapter of this classical book, Singer argues that most ethical views nowadays upheld can be accused ofspeciesism. As
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Assignment #3 In the short essay Are We Ready For The Morality Pill? by Peter Singer and Agata Sagan they provide two examples of when a morality pill could come into play. Before they introduce two examples they provide facts for how and why the morality pill could exist. They discuss brain research that proves a biochemical difference in people who help others and those who do not. This where they introduce the morality pill as a form of medication to make people more likely to help others. They
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