Peter Singer
Websites : Peter Singer at Princeton University, Peter Singer at the University of Melbourne, PeterSinger.info
Peter Singer is a noted contributor to Encyclopaedia Britannica online. Read Britannica's biography of Peter Singer
Peter Singer is the Ira W. DeCamp Professor of Bioethics at the University Center for Human Values, Princeton University. A specialist in applied ethics, he approaches ethical issues from a secular, preference-utilitarian perspective. He is a major proponent of biocentrism.
His many books include Animal Liberation, Practical Ethics, The Expanding Circle: Ethics, Evolution, and Moral Progress, and The Life You Can Save: Acting Now to End World Poverty.
photograph: Denise Applewhite/Princeton University
Primary Contributions (6)
Ethics, the discipline concerned with what is morally good and bad and morally right and wrong. The term is also applied to any system or theory of moral values or principles. (Read Britannica’s biography of this author, Peter Singer.) How should we live? Shall we aim at happiness or at knowledge,…
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Publications (4)
Animal Liberation: The Definitive Classic of the Animal Movement
Since Its Original Publication In 1975, This Groundbreaking Work Has Awakened Millions Of People To The Existence Of Speciesism, Our Systematic Disregard Of Nonhuman Animals, Inspiring A Worldwide Movement To Transform Our Attitudes To Animals And Eliminate The Cruelty We Inflict On Them. In 'animal Liberation', Author Peter Singer Exposes The Chilling Realities Of Today's Factory Farms And Product-testing Procedures, Destroying The Spurious Justifications Behind Them, And Offering Alternatives To...
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One World Now: The Ethics of Globalization
One Of The World's Most Influential Philosophers Here Confronts Both The Perils And Potentials Inherent In Globalization. Every Issue Is Considered From An Ethical Perspective, Including Climate Change, Foreign Aid, Human Rights, Immigration, And The Responsibility To Protect People From Genocide And Crimes Against Humanity. Singer Argues Powerfully That Solving Global Problems Requires Transcending National Differences. Preface -- A Changing World -- One Atmosphere -- One Economy -- One Law -- One...
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The Most Good You Can Do: How Effective Altruism Is Changing Ideas About Living Ethically
The Most Good You Can Do Develops The Challenges Singer Has Made To Those Who Donate To The Arts, And To Charities Focused On Helping Our Fellow Citizens, Rather Than Those For Whom We Can Do The Most Good. Effective Altruists Are Extending Our Knowledge Of The Possibilities Of Living Less Selfishly, And Of Allowing Reason, Rather Than Emotion, To Determine How We Live. The Most Good You Can Do Offers New Hope For Our Ability To Tackle The World's Most Pressing Problems. One. Effective Altruism --...
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