TY  - BOOK
AU  - Camosy, Charles C
AU  - Camosy,Charles C
TI  - Peter Singer and Christian Ethics:  Beyond Polarization
SN  - 9780521149334
U1  - H21 
PY  - 2012///
CY  - New York
PB  - Cambridge University
N1  - 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

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