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008			050915s1995 nyu b 001 0 eng
010			_a 94042598
020			_a9780879759667 (paperback)
035			_a(AE-DuAU) 94042598
040			_aDLC _cDLC _dAE-DuAU _beng
049			_aTSAUD
050	0	0	_aBJ 1012 .S485 1995
090			_aBJ 1012 .S485 1995
100	1		_aSinger, Peter, _d1946- _971122 _eauthor
245	1	0	_aHow are we to live? : _bethics in an age of self-interest / _cby Peter Singer.
264			_aAmherst, N.Y. : _bPrometheus Books, _c1995
300			_ax, 262 pages : _c23 cm. _bcolor illustration ;
336			_2rdacontent _atext _btxt
337			_2rdamedia _aunmediated _bn
338			_2rdacarrier _avolume _bnc
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520		0	_aSinger 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.
650		0	_aEthics. _971123
650		0	_aSocial ethics. _971124
650		0	_aSelf-interest. _971125
942			_cBOOK _2lcc
999			_c12590 _d12590