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- catalog abstract ""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." "How Are We to Live? explores the way in which standard contemporary assumptions about human nature and self-interest have led to a world that is fraught with social and environmental problems. Singer asks whether selfishness is in our genes and concludes that we do not have to accept the bleak view of human nature sometimes believed to be inevitable, given our evolutionary origins."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b7985781.
- catalog created "1995.".
- catalog date "1995".
- catalog date "1995.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1995.".
- catalog description ""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." "How Are We to Live? explores the way in which standard contemporary assumptions about human nature and self-interest have led to a world that is fraught with social and environmental problems. Singer asks whether selfishness is in our genes and concludes that we do not have to accept the bleak view of human nature sometimes believed to be inevitable, given our evolutionary origins."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "How the Japnanese live -- Japan: a successful social experiment? -- The corporation as an ethical community -- The self and the group -- Tit for tat -- Caring for those who care for us -- Doing better with tit for tat -- Self-interest and ethics: an interim conclusion -- Living ethically -- Heroes -- A green shoot -- Why do people act ethically? -- The nature of ethics -- A broader perspective -- The gender of ethics -- Jesus and Kant: Two views on why we ought to live ethically -- Beyond Jesus and Kant: the search for an ultimate answer -- Living to some purpose -- The myth of Sisyphus and the meaning of life -- Of housewives, Aboriginal Australians and cages hens -- The struggle to win -- The inward turn -- A transscendent cause -- The good life -- Pushing the peanut forward -- The escalator of reason -- Toward an ethical life.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 236-252) and index.".
- catalog description "The ultimate choice -- Ivan Boesky's choice -- The ring of Gyges -- "What in the hell are we doing this for?" -- The end of history or the beginning of secular ethics? -- Ethics and self-interest -- "What's in it for me?" -- A failing social experiment -- The loss of community -- Using up the world -- Jean-Jacques Rousseau or Adam Smith? -- Living on our inheritance -- How an overflowing sink makes Adam Smith obsolete -- When are we well-off? -- How we came to be living this way -- A perverse instinct -- Aristotle on the art of making money -- Can a merchant be pleasing to God? -- Luther's calling and Calvin's grace -- The religious and the secular converge -- The consumer society -- A withered greening -- The Reagan years: "Enrich thyself" -- Is selfishness in our genes? -- The biological case for selfishness -- Caring for our children -- Caring for our kin -- Caring for our group.".
- catalog extent "x, 262 p. ;".
- catalog hasFormat "How are we to live?".
- catalog identifier "0879759666 (pbk. : acid-free paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "How are we to live?".
- catalog issued "1995".
- catalog issued "1995.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Amherst, N.Y. : Prometheus Books,".
- catalog relation "How are we to live?".
- catalog subject "170/.44 20".
- catalog subject "BJ1012 .S485 1995".
- catalog subject "Ethics.".
- catalog subject "Self-interest.".
- catalog subject "Social ethics.".
- catalog tableOfContents "How the Japnanese live -- Japan: a successful social experiment? -- The corporation as an ethical community -- The self and the group -- Tit for tat -- Caring for those who care for us -- Doing better with tit for tat -- Self-interest and ethics: an interim conclusion -- Living ethically -- Heroes -- A green shoot -- Why do people act ethically? -- The nature of ethics -- A broader perspective -- The gender of ethics -- Jesus and Kant: Two views on why we ought to live ethically -- Beyond Jesus and Kant: the search for an ultimate answer -- Living to some purpose -- The myth of Sisyphus and the meaning of life -- Of housewives, Aboriginal Australians and cages hens -- The struggle to win -- The inward turn -- A transscendent cause -- The good life -- Pushing the peanut forward -- The escalator of reason -- Toward an ethical life.".
- catalog tableOfContents "The ultimate choice -- Ivan Boesky's choice -- The ring of Gyges -- "What in the hell are we doing this for?" -- The end of history or the beginning of secular ethics? -- Ethics and self-interest -- "What's in it for me?" -- A failing social experiment -- The loss of community -- Using up the world -- Jean-Jacques Rousseau or Adam Smith? -- Living on our inheritance -- How an overflowing sink makes Adam Smith obsolete -- When are we well-off? -- How we came to be living this way -- A perverse instinct -- Aristotle on the art of making money -- Can a merchant be pleasing to God? -- Luther's calling and Calvin's grace -- The religious and the secular converge -- The consumer society -- A withered greening -- The Reagan years: "Enrich thyself" -- Is selfishness in our genes? -- The biological case for selfishness -- Caring for our children -- Caring for our kin -- Caring for our group.".
- catalog title "How are we to live? : ethics in an age of self-interest / Peter Singer.".
- catalog type "text".