Peter Singer and Christian Ethics Beyond Polarization

includes index and biblioraphy

Introduction
Who is Peter Singer?
Thesis and method of this book
A note about my approach as a Christian
1 Abortion
Introduction
Issues on which Singer and the Church agree
The moral status of the fetus
A disagreement over potential
Objections to the argument from potential
Conclusion
2 Euthanasia and the end of life Introduction
Moral status at the end of life
Medical treatment and care of persons at the end of life
From morality to public policy
Conclusion
3 Non-human animals Introduction
Singer on how we treat non-human animals
Singer on reforming our practices and attitudes
The Church on non-human animals: current teaching
The Church on non-human animals: scripture and tradition
The Church on non-human animals: some modern approaches
Are some non-human animals persons?
Conclusion
4 Duties to the poor
Introduction
The arguments
Christian overlap with Singer
Responding to objections
Common objectives
Impartiality in duties to the poor?
The Church on partial preferences
A broader understanding of poverty?
How serious are our duties to the poor?
Conclusion
5 Ethical theory Introduction
Consequence-based reasoning
Rules-based reasoning
A common consequentialist approach?
Christian utilitarianism?
The principle of double effect
The place of exceptionless moral norms
More on proportionate reasoning
Conclusion
6 Singer`s shift?
Introduction
Objectivity and preference utilitarianism
Objectivity and Christian ethics
Singer on preferences, interests, and happiness
A Christian understanding: loving your neighbor as yourself
Teleology and the possibility of conversation
Conclusion