The relation between the principle of non-maleficence and utilitarism in Peter Singer’s Ethics

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https://doi.org/10.18012/arf.v7i3.52313

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ethics, utilitarism, non-maleficence, animals

Abstract

This article analyzes Renzo Llorente's interpretation that Peter Singer's work Animal Liberation does not have a moral structure based on utilitarianism, but on the principle of non-maleficence. The article critically analyzes this interpretation and seeks to answer the problems raised. We consider how this interpretation does not hold when Singer's ethics is understood as a whole and not just from a single work. However, we defend, in this article, although the Animal Liberation ethical proposal has aspects of the principle of non-maleficence, the work remains utilitarian inasmuch as the principle of not causing harm is based and justified for utilitarian reasons.

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Wesley Felipe de Oliveira, Universidade Estadual de Londrina - UEL

Doutor em Filosofia na área de Ética e Filosofia Política pela Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC).
Pós-Doutorando na Universidade Estadual de Londrina - UEL.

Camila Dutra Pereira, Universidade Estadual de Londrina - UEL

Mestranda em Filosofia na Universidade Estadual de Londrina – UEL. Graduada e Especialista em Direito pela Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná – PUC-PR.

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2020-12-04

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Oliveira, W. F. de, & Pereira, C. D. (2020). The relation between the principle of non-maleficence and utilitarism in Peter Singer’s Ethics. Aufklärung, 7(3), p.111–132. https://doi.org/10.18012/arf.v7i3.52313

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Vol. 7 No. 3 (2020): Setembro-Dezembro

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