Peter Singer: Animal and Medical Ethics Explained Simply!
In this video, I explain Peter Singer's animal ethics and medical ethics. Among other things, I'll discuss his concept of personhood, abortion, infanticide, and the killing of animals.
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▬▬ 📖 Source ▬▬
✅ Singer, Peter (1994): Practical Ethics. 2nd, rev. and expanded ed., Stuttgart: Reclam.
✅ Balluch, M. (2015) Autonomy in Dogs. The ability to subject one's own actions to rules through self-imposed purposes makes non-human animals, in the Kantian sense, ends in themselves. In: Wirth, S.; Laue, A.; Kurth, M.; Dornenzweig, K.; Bossert, L.; Balgar, K. (eds.) Animal Action: Animal Agency in the Focus of Human-Animal Studies. Bielefeld: Transcript: 203–225.
✅ Irvine, L. (2004) A Model of Animal Selfhood: Expanding Interactionist Possibilities. In: Symbolic Interaction 27(1): 3–21.
▬▬ ⏱️ Contents ▬▬
00:00 | Introduction & Note
00:36 | Persons and Non-Persons
05:55 | The Killing of Animals
08:33 | Transition: Singer as a "Persona Non Grata"?
9:10 | Medical Ethics: Abortion
11:49 | Medical Ethics: Infanticide
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✅ I have a Bachelor's degree in Sociology and Philosophy. At the time of this video, I am enrolled in a Master's program in Sociology.
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