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This article problematizes the notion of ethnicity underlying villancicos de negros of the Archdiocesan Historical Archive of Guatemala (AHAG). Although these are musical pieces that project the idea of social harmony in a festive context, the truth is that identities emerge in conflict with colonial power, based on an ambivalent discourse that consolidates and naturalizes racial stereotypes. ; Este artículo problematiza la noción de etnicidad subyacente en los villancicos de negros del Archivo Histórico Arquidiocesano de Guatemala (AHAG). A pesar de que se trata de piezas musicales que proyectan la idea de armonía social en un contexto festivo, lo cierto es que emergen identidades en conflicto con el poder colonial, sobre la base de un discurso ambivalente que consolida y naturaliza estereotipos raciales.

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.Now with a new afterword by the author, this provocative and original book will challenge—and possibly change—your beliefs about many real-world ethical questions

Cover -- Half Title -- Series Information -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Illustrations -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Note on Transcription -- 1 Introduction -- 1.1 Locating Warruwi -- 1.2 Finding Warruwi: in the Footsteps of the First Missionary -- 1.3 Speakers and Hearers: Tuning in to the Languages of Warruwi -- 1.4 What's Special About Warruwi? -- 1.5 Painting a Picture of Multilingualism at Warruwi -- Notes -- 2 Becoming Warruwi, Becoming Mawng -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Place-Making at Warruwi -- 2.3 Visitors From Makassar: Cultural Exchange in the Trepang Trade -- 2.4 Mobility and Multilingualism in the Macassan Era -- 2.5 Decimation and Recovery: Changes in Population at Warruwi -- 2.6 Language at the Goulburn Island Methodist Mission (1916-1952) -- 2.7 Heather Hewett: a Linguist at Warruwi -- 2.8 The Beginning and End of the Self-Determination Era -- 2.9 The Mawng-English Bilingual Program -- 2.10 Becoming Mawng -- Notes -- 3 Diversity of Peoples and Languages at Warruwi -- 3.1 Manangkardi and Its Mysteries -- 3.2 Languages Spoken at Warruwi -- 3.3 A Linguistic Perspective On Diversity in Western Arnhem Land -- 3.4 Land-Based Social Groups -- 3.5 Language Ownership: Ideology and Practice -- 3.6 The Speech Community -- 3.7 Conclusions -- Notes -- 4 Stories of Lives and Languages -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Two Sisters, Two Lives: Rosemary Urabadi and Nita Garidjalalug -- 4.3 Richard Dhangalangal and Nancy Ngalmindjalmag: Marrying Across the East-west Divide -- 4.4 Raising Children to Be Speakers of Small Languages -- 4.4.1 Socialising Children to Speak Their Clan Language -- 4.4.2 Socialising New Mothers -- 4.5 Newcomer Spouses' Language Learning -- 4.6 Conclusions -- Notes -- 5 Receptive Multilingualism and Its Alternatives -- 5.1 Communication Among People With Diverse Repertoires.

Cover -- Contents -- Introduction -- Acknowledgments -- BIG Questions -- A Pale Blue Dot at the Hinge of History -- Does Anything Matter? -- Is There Moral Progress? -- The God of Suffering -- Do You Have a Moral Plan? (with Agata Sagan) -- Are We Ready for a "Morality Pill"? (with Agata Sagan) -- The Empathy Trap -- Can Ethics Be Taught? -- Thinking about the Dead -- Should This Be the Last Generation? -- Animals -- The Case for Going Vegan -- Why Loving Our Animals Is Not Enough (with Agata Sagan) -- Learning from Europe's More Ethical Eggs -- If Fish Could Scream -- The Nation of Kangaroos -- Who Is a Person? -- The Cow Who . . . -- The Measure of Moral Progress -- Are Insects Conscious? -- Plant Liberation? -- Life and Death -- The Real Abortion Tragedy -- Abortion, Democracy, and the Reversal of Roe -- Treating (or Not) the Tiniest Babies -- Pulling Back the Curtain on the Mercy Killing of Newborns -- Should Children Have the Right to Die? -- No Diseases for Old Men -- When Doctors Kill -- Choosing Death -- Public Health and Pandemic Ethics -- Public Health versus Private Freedom -- The Human Genome and the Genetic Supermarket -- An Ethical Pathway for Gene Editing (with Julian Savulescu) -- Kidneys for Sale? -- Deciding Who Lives and Who Dies -- Were the Lockdowns Justified? (with Michael Plant) -- Victims of the Unvaccinated -- Ending the Taboo on Talking about Population (with Frances Kissling and Jotham Musinguzi) -- Sex and Gender -- Should Adult Sibling Incest Be a Crime? -- Homosexuality Is Not Immoral -- A Private Affair? -- How Much Should Sex Matter? (with Agata Sagan) -- Ban the Burkini? -- The Case for Legalizing Sex Work -- Doing Good -- Holding Charities Accountable -- Good Charity, Bad Charity -- Heartwarming Causes Are Nice, But . . . -- The Ethical Cost of High-Priced Art -- Extreme Altruism -- The Lives You Saved.