The Methods of Ethics

Who recommended it

1. 

   Peter Singer Australian moral philosopher (born 1946)

   Explicit recommendation

   One of five picks in the 2018 Five Books interview “The Best Nineteenth-Century Philosophy Books”.

   The Best Nineteenth-Century Philosophy Books↗ Interviewfivebooks.com Five Books · 18 May 2018 · checked 12 Nov 2026

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