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| Society: "Society" refers to a group of individuals living together in a community, sharing common norms, values, and institutions, and often governed by established rules or laws. It encompasses social interactions, relationships, and collective organization within a given geographical or cultural context. See also Community, Culture, State, Norms, Values, Institutions._____________Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments. | |||
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Peter Singer on Society - Dictionary of Arguments
I 5 Society/relativism/ethics/P. Singer: Thesis: Ethics is not dependent on the society in which we live. It is true, though, if we accept the consequentialism that actions can be assessed differently in one situation than in another because of their consequences. But this does not open the door to any relativism. The overriding goal is "Do what increases happiness and reduces suffering". >Utilitarianism, >Preferential utilitarianism, >Ethics, >Consequentialism, >Relativism, >Culture, >Cultural relativism._____________Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition. |
SingerP I Peter Singer Practical Ethics (Third Edition) Cambridge 2011 SingerP II P. Singer The Most Good You Can Do: How Effective Altruism is Changing Ideas About Living Ethically. New Haven 2015 |
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Ed. Martin Schulz, access date 2024-04-19