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 ...

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...