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008			011220s2002 cau b 000 0 eng c
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050			_aB 5704.S554 _b.H657 2002
100			_aHöchsmann, Hyun. _9117555
245		0	_aOn Peter Singer / _cHyun Höchsmann.
260			_aBelmont, CA : _bWadsworth/Thomson Learning, _cc2002.
300			_a96 p. _c22 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 94-96).
520			_aSupports the concept that ethics should be rooted in the quality life, rather than in hypothetical suppositions about its "sanctity"-- on real issues of pain and pleasure, rather than abstract principles of duty and obedience. Argues that the ability of the animals to feel pain and pleasure put them on a plane of moral equivalence with man.Singer's utilitarian position focuses on the quality of a life based on the capacity to experience pleasure, happiness, and self-fulfillment. Life in other words, is and inherently worthwhile, and some lives are better not being lived at all.
650			_aEthics.
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