Rethinkning Death and Life

Introduction

Ethics has been defined as the theory or the science of moral behavior of human beings in society. Like other Greek words ending in the same suffix, such as politics, technology, ethics refers to a practical activity, so is knowledge of practice. In addition to this anthropological nature, ethics provides an ontological nature, since it deals with the positioning of the individual in life, which involves reflection, appreciation of values and choice. Ethics and morality are sometimes treated as synonymous. However, despite the proximity between the two, should be specified that are not the same. Rethinking Life and Death: The Collapse of our Traditional Ethics by Peter Singer has an excellent, accessible and usefully structured mixing narrative with argument, and then restating implications/conclusions again. However, the main things include omissions of action that differs from overt actions. Moreover, what metric should we judge being alive' and which capacities should be valued. As usual, comparisons to animals are initially surprising but logical coherent (if still emotionally problematic) (Lloyd, 1979, pp. 78-95).

Discussion

Peter Singer, for most or many of you, this name rings a bell. Peter Singer is a highly recognized Australian philosopher of the modern day. Singer is an interesting man who has had concentrations in several highly debated topics and written several books that concentrate on those various topics. It is not uncommon to find Peter Singer's works in a college class and especially on a college campus. Peter Singer's philosophic viewpoints are both challenging and fascinating to think about especially in comparison to other older philosophers, as well as ones own perspectives. Similarly, this paper also covers the book; Rethinking Life and Death: The Collapse of our Traditional Ethics. Now the reason I am sharing this fact is that Peter Singer's book is a challenge to a common ...