Biography
Peter Singer is a contemporary preference utilitarian who maximises the satisfaction of interests and stresses personhood and quality of life in applied ethics.
Key Ideas
- Preference utilitarianism.
- Personhood and quality of life over mere biological life.
- Impartial consideration of interests.
Topics Appearing In
Exam Importance
Deploy in Utilitarianism and as a wider voice in Euthanasia.
Works to explore
Use these titles to locate the scholar's argument in context. Edition-specific commercial recommendations are kept on the component reading lists.
- Peter Singer — Practical Ethics (by the scholar)