Essays about: "Peter Singer"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 7 essays containing the words Peter Singer.

  1. 1. Equality in the Animal Kingdom: Human Beings and Animals Negotiating Their Relationship in the P.L. Travers’ Mary Poppins Books

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Engelska

    Author : Carmen-Georgiana Zaharia; [2022]
    Keywords : Languages and Literatures;

    Abstract : Pets, instruments, a source of food, objects of wonder - animals are still considered inferior beings because of their inability to speak. Animal rights philosophers, such as Peter Singer, focus on the capacity of animals to suffer, in order that animals are given more rights. READ MORE

  3. 2. Towards a Coherent Sustainability Ethics : A study on the meaning and moral underpinnings in Sustainability and their relation to consequential and deontological perspectives

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

    Author : Elizabeth Bushby; [2017]
    Keywords : Sustainability; ethics; Nussbaum; Singer; climate change; environment; social justice; development; intergenerational justice; distributive justice; utilitarianism; deontology; capabilities approach; ecology; global ethics;

    Abstract : The idea of writing this essay begun as an attempt to enter into the current discussion about the theory and ethics of sustainability. The essay aims to compare the meaning of sustainability with two ethical theories that are currently used in developmental and environmental issues, namely the theories of Martha Nussbaum and Peter Singer, and see how coherent these theories are with the concept of sustainability. READ MORE

  4. 3. Is There a Moral Obligation to Stop Someone Torturing a Kitten?

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Praktisk filosofi

    Author : Max Sangert; [2012]
    Keywords : obligation; animals; deontology; utilitarianism; Regan; Singer; ethics; Philosophy and Religion;

    Abstract : The paper presents the theories of Peter Singer and Tom Regan concerning the moral status of animals and why both deem animals to have a moral standing similar to humans. The two theories differ in their approaches to justifying the moral standing of animals and humans but have very similar conclusions. READ MORE

  5. 4. Think of The Children in Africa - a minor field study in The Gambia on the views of food aid recipients on the responsibility of food aid donors

    University essay from Malmö högskola/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)

    Author : Daniel Wallinder; [2012]
    Keywords : Food aid; recipients; donors; affluent; LDC; Pogge; Singer; Jamieson; Miller; moral responsibility; food security;

    Abstract : The purpose of this thesis is to contrast the academic discussion on whether the affluent countries have a responsibility or not to provide food aid for the LDCs, to the views of food aid recipients. In addition to the issue of responsibility I also discuss the responsibilities of individuals contra governments, and what type of aid (if any) that is best to ensure food security. READ MORE

  6. 5. Learn of the Green World what can Be thy Place: Notes on Time, Morality, and Nature

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Masterprogram: Litteratur - Kultur – Media; Lunds universitet/Litteraturvetenskap

    Author : Magnús Sigurðsson; [2011]
    Keywords : Ecology Loren Eiseley Morality Tor Ulven Mary Oliver Don McKay Peter Singer; Languages and Literatures;

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