How are we to live?
ethics in an age of self-interest
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Author
Publication
1995 - Prometheus Books, Amherst,N.Y, United States
Language
English
Word Count
65,500 words, Guess
Page Count
262 pages
Identifiers
- Internet Archivehowarewetoliveet00sing_0
- ISBN-100879759666
- ISBN-139780879759667
- LibraryThing205131
- Open LibraryOL22327660M
Classifications
- DDC170/.44
- LCCBJ1012
Description
"Is there still anything worth living for? Is anything worth pursuing, apart from money, love, and caring for one's own family?" Internationally known social philosopher and ethicist Peter Singer has an answer to these and other questions in this compelling new volume. "If we can detach ourselves from our own immediate preoccupations and look at the world as a whole and our place in it, there is something absurd about the idea that people should have trouble finding something to live for."Singer suggests that people who take an ethical approach to life often avoid the trap of meaninglessness, finding a deeper satisfaction in what they are doing than those people whose goals are narrower and more self-centered. He spells out what he means by an ethical approach to life, and shows that it can bring about significant and far-reaching changes to one's life.
Other Editions
- How are we to live?: ethics in an age of self-interest
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