Abortion is one of the most controversial issues today. It has become a question of not only ethics, but morals. In the 1973 case of Roe v Wade the Supreme Court ruled that a woman has the right to terminate a pregnancy by abortion within the first six months of the pregnancy. However, con...

In his essay "The Singer Solution to World Poverty," Peter Singer addresses the flaws in society's efforts toward world hunger and poverty. As a piece of literature it is a respectable and eloquent passage, because of its thorough use of analogies and well-structured argument. Singer makes a vali...

Part One: Summary Digest In Peter Singers article "All Animals are Equal" he proposes the question should animals and humans be treated with the same primitive rights? Singer strongly opposes the idea of animal cruelty and believes that if a living organism can feel pain that organi...

?What are the obligations of the "haves" as opposed to the "have-not's"? (Singer). John Arthur and Peter Singer are highly credited intellectuals on the subject of eradicating global poverty. One applies a hypothetical solution to the question while the other objects those proposals i...

Equality Is the pursuit of equality a worthy ethical goal? No it's not because in reality people don't think logically about detailed issues in life which Peter Singer brings up in the book. Singer is regarded as a rationalist. He supports a philosophical system based on reason rather th...

Global hunger is a major concern that effects the whole world. According to Peter Singer "the whole way we look at moral issues-our moral conceptual scheme needs to be altered... and that the way of life in our society is taken for granted." He argues that people have lost touch w...

I do feel for the third world countries, but I just can't compromise us, as the United States of America citizens to give up our luxuries for third world countries. According to Peter Singer in the essay Famine, Affluence and Morality. He states that we should give up some of our luxury sp...

This paper will contain my argument against the Greater Moral Benefit argument. To begin with I will analyze the Greater Moral Benefit Argument thoroughly in order to establish exactly what it means and the premises that make the argument valid. Then I will criticize the premise that I disagree with...

Although many people are very familiar with racism and sexism, too many people are unfamiliar with speciesism. Speciesism is the discrimination of one species over another; more specifically, it is the human species in the exploitation of other animals. Animals are forced to participate in many u...

Extreme global poverty is a problem that affects a large percentage of the world's population and will continue to spread until serious action is taken against it by the wealthier nations. However, the amount of obligation, if any, that countries feel they have to deal with such a problem is ...

It's Common Sense That Animals Do Suffer Many people and animal right activists object to having animals used in experiments. The animals used in medical research are put through experiment to help find cures for the well being of mankind, but somewhere down the line, some of these animals ar...

Famine, Affluence, and Morality In this article, Peter Singer considers the question of whether it is morally ok for affluent people to spend their money on luxuries for themselves while less fortunate people are starving. For demonstrating his point of view, he used the state of E...

"Down on the Factory Farm" Peter Singer's critique of factory farms is a very detailed description of how huge factory farming companies exploit animals. This practice of farming used to be much more humane when it wasn't so industrialized. Before huge companies took ov...

A Critique of Mill's Proof of the Principle of Utility Introduction In his work, Utilitarianism, J S Mill asserts that, "happiness is desirable, and the only thing desirable, as an end; all other things being only desirable as means to that end." He goes on to offer a "proo...

Consumer Responsibilities We are the number one consumer country in the world. We burn more oil than anyone, eat more animals than any country and probably cut down more trees than any other nation too. Now anyone in a high position has responsibilities whether it's a job or a place in soc...

There has been much debate over the years concerning the ethics behind our use and treatment of animals. The controversy continues today, without any universal conclusion as to whether or not our treatment is immoral. However, it is my belief that our society's use of animals for food, resear...