Ethics in the Real World

Singer is a unicorn among philosophers: capable of writing coherently AND staking and supporting moral claims. There's really no else who can touch on topics like sex scandals and cheating in sports with the some analytical rigour and context as Singer does for his more notable work on the ethical treatment of animals.

You don't have to agree with his positions–meat, yum!–to appreciate that Singer's popular essays are the sort of thoughtful and contrarian writing that's ultimately worth your time compared to the partisan polemics or vacuous TED talks that usually stunt these topics.

Even though some ideas of Dr Singer can be considered radical/controversial majority of the essays tackled the reasonings logically and ethically. The bad point was that some of the essays weren't updated and so they don't balance out with the current economic, political situation well. Although it won't be the cup of tea for everyone I personally benefited a lot from this book. The latest edition of this book has 90 essays, the one I have read has 86 essays so I might have missed some but the essays were concise, interesting and highly readable. Recommended if you can tackle serious and solemn topics with open-mindedness.
3.75/5