Ethics in the Real World: 82 Brief Essays on Things That Matter
Peter Singer is often described as the world’s most influential philosopher. He is also one of its most controversial. The author of important books such as Animal Liberation, Practical Ethics, Rethinking Life and Death, and The Life You Can Save, he helped launch the animal rights and effective alt...
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| Zusammenfassung: | Peter Singer is often described as the world’s most influential philosopher. He is also one of its most controversial. The author of important books such as Animal Liberation, Practical Ethics, Rethinking Life and Death, and The Life You Can Save, he helped launch the animal rights and effective altruism movements and contributed to the development of bioethics. Now, in Ethics in the Real World, Singer shows that he is also a master at dissecting important current events in a few hundred words.In this book of brief essays, he applies his controversial ways of thinking to issues like climate change, extreme poverty, animals, abortion, euthanasia, human genetic selection, sports doping, the sale of kidneys, the ethics of high-priced art, and ways of increasing happiness. Singer asks whether chimpanzees are people, smoking should be outlawed, or consensual sex between adult siblings should be decriminalized, and he reiterates his case against the idea that all human life is sacred, applying his arguments to some recent cases in the news. In addition, he explores, in an easily accessible form, some of the deepest philosophical questions, such as whether anything really matters and what is the value of the pale blue dot that is our planet. The collection also includes some more personal reflections, like Singer’s thoughts on one of his favorite activities, surfing, and an unusual suggestion for starting a family conversation over a holiday feast.Provocative and original, these essays will challenge—and possibly change—your beliefs about a wide range of real-world ethical questions |
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VORWORT DR. ALEXANDRA
KLEEBERG. 7
SELBSTHEILUNG IST EIN GESCHENK DES LEBENS
.
7
VORWORT MICHAEL
SCHLAADT.11
WILLKOMMEN IM
HERZEN!.11
TEIL 1:
HERZ-RHYTHMUSSTOERUNGEN.
17
1.1 MEDIZIN DES HERZENS
.
17
1.2 EIGENE HERZENSGESCHICHTEN
.
21
UNWISSENHEIT
.
21
ERKENNTNISSE:
.
23
UEBUNGEN ZUM
LOSLASSEN:.23
ANGST.24
IMAGINATION: BERUHIGUNG DES HERZENS
.
26
1.3 WEISHEIT DES HERZENS
.
27
1.4 DAS HERZ IN DER GESCHICHTE
.
28
1.5 HERZ UND
HEILUNG.30
HEILUNG DURCH ZUVERSICHTLICHE EINSTELLUNG
.
32
HEILUNG DURCH
DIALOG.
33
IMAGINATION:
HERZENSGESPRAECH. 34
1.6 FORSCHUNGSERKENNTNISSE FUER EINEN GESUNDEN
HERZRHYTHMUS.
36
IMAGINATION: BEFREIUNG DES HERZENS
.
38
ANLEITUNG FUE R EIN GESUNDES
HERZ:.40
TEIL 2:
HERZPROBLEME.
41
2.1 ENTWICKLUNG DES
HERZENS.41
IMAGINATION:
HERZWELLEN.43
2.2 HERZFUNKTION
.
45
2.3 HERZRATENVARIABILITAET
.
49
IMAGINATION: HERZKOHAERENZ
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53
IMAGINATION: EINKLANG
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56
2.4
HERZDURCHBLUTUNG.58
IMAGINATION: DANKBARKEIT FUER DAS
HERZ.61
2.5
HERZSYMPTOME.
63
SCHMERZEN IM
BRUSTKORB.63
IMAGINATION:
HERZRAEUME.65
KORONARE HERZERKRANKUNG
.
68
IMAGINATION:
VERGEBUNG. 71
BROKEN HEART
SYNDROM.75
KURZATMIGKEIT UND ATEM NOT
.
75
GESCHICHTE EINER
HERZSCHWAECHE.76
IMAGINATION: VERBINDUNG HERZ UND GEHIRN
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77
2.6 STATISTISCHE ANGABEN ZUR KORONAREN HERZERKRANKUNG
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79
RISIKOFAKTOREN.
79
HEILUNGSFAKTOREN.80
TEIL 3:
HERZ-STRESS.85
3.1
STRESS.85
IMAGINATION: STRESSREDUKTION
.
88
3.2 DAS VEGETATIVE
NERVENSYSTEM. 90
IMAGINATION: DIE KRAFT DES
UEBER-LEBENS.93
3.3 DER
SYMPATHIKUS.95
SELBSTSCHAEDIGENDE UNBEWUSSTE GLAUBENSSAETZE ALS
URSACHE VON ANGST UND STRESS
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100
UEBUNGEN:.106
IMAGINATION: ABSCHIED VON UNERLOESTEM.107
3.4 DER PARASYMPATHIKUS
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110
UEBUNGEN: ZUR RUHE
FINDEN.114
IMAGINATION: DER STROM DES NERVUS VAGUS
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115
3.5
FLOW.117
IMAGINATION:
HAMSTERRAD.118
TEIL 4: HERZ-KREISLAUF- BESCHWERDEN
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121
4.1 BLUTKREISLAUF
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121
IMAGINATION: HERZ-KREISLAUF-VERSORGUNG.127
STOERMOEGLICHKEITEN IM
SYSTEM. 128
4.2
BLUTHOCHDRUCK.
131
IMAGINATION: REDUZIERUNG BLUTHOCHDRUCK
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136
4.3 DAS SYNDROM DER VEGETATIVEN
LABILITAET.138
IMAGINATION: GEFAESSTRAINING 1
.
141
IMAGINATION: GEFAESSTRAINING 2
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4.4
HERZINSUFFIZIENZ.
145
SCHLUSSWORTE.147
ALEXANDRA KLEEBERG: LIEBESERKLAERUNG AN DAS HERZ
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147
IMAGINATION: OEFFNUNG DES HERZENS
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153
MICHAEL SCHLAADT: HOER AUF DEIN
HERZ.156
POETRY
SLAM.158
PULSSCHLAG DES LEBENS - UEBER DIE PSYCHOSOMATIK DES HERZENS .158
RESSOURCENVERZEICHNIS.
163
APHORISMEN UND ANDERE WEISHEITEN UEBER DAS HERZ
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163
ARTIKEL 168
LITERATUR.169
HERZ-LINKS.170
1. HERZRHYTHMUSSTOERUNGEN: WAS TUN, DAMIT DAS HERZ
IM TAKT SCHLAEGT?
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170
2. HERZPROBLEME: WAS TUN, DAMIT DAS HERZ SICH OEFFNET?. 172
3. HERZ-STRESS: WAS TUN, DAMIT DAS HERZ SICH BERUHIGT? .174
4. HERZ-KREISLAUFBESCHWERDEN: WAS TUN, DAMIT DAS
LEBEN IM FLUSS BLEIBT?
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175
5. ALLGEMEINE INFORMATIONEN ZUM THEMA HERZ
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178
IMAGINATIONEN ZUM
HERZ.178
UEBER DIE
AUTOREN.181
ANMERKUNGEN
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| spelling | Singer, Peter Verfasser aut Ethics in the Real World 82 Brief Essays on Things That Matter Peter Singer Princeton, NJ Princeton University Press [2016] © 2016 1 online resource txt rdacontent c rdamedia cr rdacarrier Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 23. Mai 2019) Peter Singer is often described as the world’s most influential philosopher. He is also one of its most controversial. The author of important books such as Animal Liberation, Practical Ethics, Rethinking Life and Death, and The Life You Can Save, he helped launch the animal rights and effective altruism movements and contributed to the development of bioethics. Now, in Ethics in the Real World, Singer shows that he is also a master at dissecting important current events in a few hundred words.In this book of brief essays, he applies his controversial ways of thinking to issues like climate change, extreme poverty, animals, abortion, euthanasia, human genetic selection, sports doping, the sale of kidneys, the ethics of high-priced art, and ways of increasing happiness. Singer asks whether chimpanzees are people, smoking should be outlawed, or consensual sex between adult siblings should be decriminalized, and he reiterates his case against the idea that all human life is sacred, applying his arguments to some recent cases in the news. In addition, he explores, in an easily accessible form, some of the deepest philosophical questions, such as whether anything really matters and what is the value of the pale blue dot that is our planet. The collection also includes some more personal reflections, like Singer’s thoughts on one of his favorite activities, surfing, and an unusual suggestion for starting a family conversation over a holiday feast.Provocative and original, these essays will challenge—and possibly change—your beliefs about a wide range of real-world ethical questions In English PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy bisacsh Ethics, Modern Social ethics Ethik (DE-588)4015602-3 gnd rswk-swf 1\p (DE-588)4143413-4 Aufsatzsammlung gnd-content Ethik (DE-588)4015602-3 s 2\p DE-604 https://doi.org/10.1515/9781400882854 Verlag URL des Erstveröffentlichers Volltext DNB Datenaustausch application/pdf http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&local_base=BVB01&doc_number=031329217&sequence=000001&line_number=0001&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIA Inhaltsverzeichnis 1\p cgwrk 20201028 DE-101 https://d-nb.info/provenance/plan#cgwrk 2\p cgwrk 20201028 DE-101 https://d-nb.info/provenance/plan#cgwrk |
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