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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.
Jun 5, 2024 · Peter Singer (born July 6, 1946, Melbourne, Australia) 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.
Discover provocative, but peer-reviewed, perspectives in the latest edition of the Journal of Controversial Ideas, featuring seven articles that challenge conventional wisdom. Topics range from the efficacy of affirmative action in medical education to the ethics of procreation. Authors discuss issues like gender identity, the roots of Islamist ...
I am the founder of The Life You Can Save, an organization based on my book of the same name. It aims to spread my ideas about why we should be doing much more to improve the lives of people living in extreme poverty, and how we can best do this. In 2013, I gave a TED talk on this topic.
Sep 29, 2021 · Peter Singer, the Australian philosopher and bioethicist, is the winner of the 2021 Berggruen Prize. The $1 million award is given to an individual who has made major contributions to advancing...
Peter Singer was born in Melbourne, Australia, in 1946, and educated at the University of Melbourne and the University of Oxford. After teaching in England, the United States and Australia, he has, since 1999, been Ira W. DeCamp Professor of Bioethics in the University Center for Human Values at Princeton University.
May 25, 2023 · VOICE OF THE ANIMALS: In his 1975 classic Animal Liberation, Peter Singer argued that the interests of animals cannot be dismissed simply because they are animals. That, said Singer, is speciesism: a prejudice as arbitrary and unfounded as sexism or racism.
Why do we prioritize human rights over those of other species? 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 Farewell Conference May 13-14, 2024 | Maeder Hall Auditorium, 002 Conference is open to the public. All panel discussions will be livestreamed. Peter Singer was born in Melbourne, Australia, in 1946, and educated at the University of Melbourne and the University of Oxford.
Singer has been called the “world’s most influential living philosopher” by journalists. He is often credited with starting the modern animal rights movement and as a major influencer on the development of effective altruism (particularly due to his 1972 essay “Famine, Affluence, and Morality”).
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