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Peter Albert David Singer AC FAHA (born 6 July 1946) is an Australian moral philosopher who is Emeritus Ira W. DeCamp Professor of Bioethics at Princeton University. Singer's work specialises in applied ethics, approaching the subject from a secular, utilitarian perspective.
Jul 2, 2024 · Peter Singer is an Australian ethical and political philosopher best known for his work in bioethics and his role as one of the intellectual founders of the modern animal rights movement. (Read Peter Singer’s Britannica entry on ethics.)
I am a professor of bioethics, with a background in philosophy. I work mostly in practical ethics and am best known for Animal Liberation and for my writings about global poverty. The Latest. JOURNAL. Just Released.
Apr 25, 2021 · Daniel A. Gross interviews the Australian philosopher Peter Singer about freedom of speech, disability, capitalism, and the launch of his peer-reviewed publication, the Journal of Controversial...
Hailed as "the world's most influential living philosopher," Peter has spread his message via global outreach, professorship, and the 50+ books he has worked on.
Philosopher Peter Singer dives into what he calls "speciesism," the root of the widely ignored mistreatment of animals around the world, from factory farms to product-testing facilities.
Peter Singer may be, as The New Yorker calls him, the planet’s “most influential living philosopher." His groundbreaking 1975 book, Animal Liberation, questioned society’s tendency to put human needs above those of members of other species and helped trigger the modern animal rights movement.
Dec 12, 2023 · The Life You Can Save, 10th Anniversary Edition [2019] Utilitarianism: A Very Short Introduction [2017] JOURNAL CONTRIBUTIONS.
About Me. 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 of the influence that my writing has had on the development of effective altruism.
Peter Albert David Singer AC (born 6 July 1946) is an Australian moral philosopher. He is the Ira W. DeCamp Professor of Bioethics at Princeton University. He is also laureate professor of the Centre for Applied Philosophy and Public Ethics at the University of Melbourne.
