To understand Peter Singer and his work, it's helpful to examine his views on animal rights, euthanasia, and charity. Peter Singer is an Australian utilitarian philosopher and is a professor at Princeton University. His views have been evaluated by many people and have been disapproved of ...

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...

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...

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 ...

Tom Regan- „The Case for Animal Rights" Although the animal rights-movement was originally started by Peter Singer, it was Tom Regan who came up with the most uncompromising ideas and gave the movement its name. In his book, which came out under the University of California Press in 19...

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...

Explain the theory of utilitarianism distinguishing between act and rule forms Utilitarianism is the most famous teleological theory in the study of ethics as it is morality being judged purely on consequences. Utilitarianism was devised by Jeremy Bentham and is also known as the utility princ...

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...