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About Peter Singer Journalists have bestowed on me the tag of “world’s most influential living philosopher.” They are probably thinking of my work on the ethics of our treatment of animals, often credited with starting the modern animal rights movement, and with the influence that my writing has had on the development of effective altruism.
Apr 25, 2021 · Peter Singer, the Australian philosopher, became a vegetarian in his mid-twenties, after a fellow Oxford graduate student told him, over a spaghetti lunch, about the brutality of factory farms.
My writings have appeared in more than 30 languages. I was born in Melbourne, Australia, in 1946 and educated at the University of Melbourne and the University of Oxford. I have taught in England, the United States, and Australia. For 25 years I was the Ira W. DeCamp Professor of Bioethics at the University Center for Human Values at Princeton ...
Dec 12, 2023 · The Point of View of the Universe: Sidgwick and Contemporary Ethics (2014, with Katarzyna de Lazari-Radek) Practical Ethics, 3rd Edition (2011) The Expanding Circle: Ethics, Evolution, and Moral Progress (1981, 2nd edition 2011) The Life You Can Save, 10th Anniversary Edition [2019] Utilitarianism: A Very Short Introduction [2017]
Jun 12, 2023 · Peter Singer. Penguin/Random House. The numbers of sentient animals – that is, those capable of feeling and suffering –killed in science and agriculture are mind-boggling: hundreds of millions ...
If you're lucky enough to live without want, it's a natural impulse to be altruistic to others. But, asks philosopher Peter Singer, what's the most effective way to give? He talks through some surprising thought experiments to help you balance emotion and practicality -- and make the biggest impact with whatever you can share. NOTE: Starting at 0:30, this talk contains 30 seconds of graphic footage.
Feb 16, 2017 · Peter Singer is one of the world’s best known philosophers, recognized for his thought-provoking views on topics including animal rights, bioethics and the plight of the world’s poorest people. Since 1999, he has been the Ira W. DeCamp Professor of Bioethics in the University Center for Human Values at Princeton University.
