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Peter Singer

Jul 06, 1946 (79 years old) in Melbourne, Florida, USA

Peter Singer is an Australian moral philosopher. He is the Ira W. DeCamp Professor of Bioethics at Princeton University, and a Laureate Professor at the Centre for Applied Philosophy and Public Ethics at the University of Melbourne. He specialises in applied ethics and approaches ethical issues from a secular, utilitarian perspective. He is known in particular for his book Animal Liberation (1975), in which he argues in favour of vegetarianism, and his essay "Famine, Affluence, and Morality," in which he argues in favour of donating to help the global poor.

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Known For

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Examined Life
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Food ReLOVution
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Do You Trust this Computer?
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Humans and Other Animals
Lui-même
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Empathy
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Speciesism: The Movie
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A Cow at My Table
Himself - Philosopher, Activist
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Henry: One Man's Way
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Live and Let Live
Self - Professor of Bioethics
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Kangaroo: A Love-Hate Story
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