Happiness and Ultimate Good with Peter Singer

26/11/2012 1h 25min

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Episode Synopsis

There is widespread agreement that happiness is good, but is it the sole ultimate good? Princeton University Professor Peter Singer explores arguments for and against such a conclusion. He considers the implications for public policy that take happiness as one of the most important goods that individuals can achieve. Singer specializes in applied ethics, approaching ethics from a secular preference utilitarian perspective Series: "UC Berkeley Graduate Lectures" [Humanities] [Show ID: 24344]

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