02323nam a22003618a 4500 CR9781107279629 UkCbUP 20180107143415.0 m|||||o||d|||||||| cr|||||||||||| 130607s2014||||enk s ||1 0|eng|d 9781107279629 (ebook) 9781107050754 (hardback) 9781107696570 (paperback) UkCbUP UkCbUP rda B5704.S554 G63 2014 171/.5 23 God, the Good, and Utilitarianism : Perspectives on Peter Singer / [electronic resource] Edited by John Perry. God, the Good, & Utilitarianism Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2014. 1 online resource (229 pages) : digital, PDF file(s). text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 09 Oct 2015). Is ethics about happiness? Aristotle thought so and for centuries Christians agreed, until utilitarianism raised worries about where this would lead. In this volume, Peter Singer, leading utilitarian philosopher and controversial defender of infanticide and euthanasia, addresses this question in conversation with Christian ethicists and secular utilitarians. Their engagement reveals surprising points of agreement and difference on questions of moral theory, the history of ethics, and current issues such as climate change, abortion, poverty and animal rights. The volume explores the advantages and pitfalls of basing morality on happiness; if ethics is teleological, is its proper aim the subjective satisfaction of preferences? Or is human flourishing found in objective goods: friendship, intellectual curiosity, meaningful labour? This volume provides a timely review of how utilitarians and Christians conceive of the good, and will be of great interest to those studying religious ethics, philosophy of religion and applied ethics. Utilitarianism Good and evil Christian ethics Perry, John, editor of compilation. Print version: 9781107050754 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781107279629 Cambridge Books Online 236710 236710