Philosopher

James Rachels

Overview

James Webster Rachels (May 30, 1941 – September 5, 2003) was an American philosopher who specialized in ethics and animal rights.

Overview adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0; see the article history for authors).

Philosophers who discussed James Rachels

• Peter Singer

Ideas James Rachels discusses

• Western philosophy
• Analytic philosophy
• Metaethics
• Bioethics
• Psychological egoism
• Emotivism
• Socrates
• Utilitarianism
• Vegetarianism
• Ethical subjectivism
• Subjectivism
• Animal rights
• New York University
• Contemporary philosophy
• Darwinism
• University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
• Ethical egoism
• Ethics
• Euthanasia
• Principle of double effect

Place in the tradition

Part of Ethical egoism.

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