Interview with Peter Singer on Jonathan Glover and the Ethics of Dying

  • Benoît Basse Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne, Paris, France
DOI: https://doi.org/10.7202/1058154ar
Keywords: Jonathan Glover, Peter Singer, applied ethics, acts and ommissions, death penalty
Language(s): French, English

Abstract

For this special issue dedicated to Jonathan Glover, Peter Singer was asked to reflect on the influence that the book Causing Death and Saving Lives had on him, as well as the Glover seminar in Oxford that Peter Singer attended in the late 1960s. One of Peter Singer's recurring arguments is the criticism of the traditional distinction between acts and omissions. But Glover is no stranger to this questioning, even if the two thinkers do not seem to want to draw exactly the same conclusions. What is at stake is this: what are we really responsible for and how demanding should our morality be?

Jonathan Glover, (c) Emanuelle Dufour
Published
2019-02-15
How to Cite
[1]
Basse B. Interview with Peter Singer on Jonathan Glover and the Ethics of Dying. Can. J. Bioeth. 2019;2:77-83. https://doi.org/10.7202/1058154ar.
Issue
Vol. 2 No. 1 (2019): Jonathan Glover: Questions de vie ou de mort
Section
Book Reviews

Copyright (c) 2019 Benoît Basse

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