Peter Singer
Australian moral philosopher, Professor of Bioethics emeritus at Princeton University; author of Animal Liberation, Practical Ethics and The Life You Can Save.
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Calling an intelligent, self-aware being legal property does not resolve whether it has an interest in freedom.
But it recognizes that calling an intelligent, self-aware, emotionally complex being "property" does not answer the question of whether that being has an interest in freedom.
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Calling an intelligent, self-aware being legal property does not resolve whether it has an interest in freedom.
But it recognizes that calling an intelligent, self-aware, emotionally complex being "property" does not answer the question of whether that being has an interest in freedom.
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Recommends Utilitarianism: A Very Short Introduction
But I hope if they read our Utilitarianism: A Very Short Introduction, they'll at least have some idea why he is so significant.
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Loved The Methods of Ethics
Parfit himself said that The Methods of Ethics contains more true statements about ethics than any other work: it builds on the work of other great scholars, but it contains more truth than other works. I do think it is a wonderful work, and if it is not the best book written on ethics, I'd like to know what is.
fivebooks.com 18 May 2018
Recommends The Descent of Man
I like The Descent of Man better than The Origin of Species because Darwin is prepared to be much bolder in The Descent of Man. In The Origin of Species he was still a little bit timid.
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Recommends On Liberty
I chose this book particularly because we are having a lively discussion about freedom of expression today. Some of the challenges to freedom of expression today come from the left rather than from the right, although some of them still do come from the right. In this context, Mill's arguments are still relevant and deserve to be more widely known and more widely thought about.
fivebooks.com 18 May 2018
Recommends The Communist Manifesto
I chose The Communist Manifesto, rather than, say, Capital because it shows in a much easier-to-read, shorter work something that is central to Marx's vision.
fivebooks.com 18 May 2018
Recommends Phenomenology of Spirit
In order to understand Marx, you really do need to know something about Hegel. It's a mistake to think you could read Marx as a scientist or an economist without understanding the Hegelian framework of his thought. That's why I chose to begin with Hegel.
fivebooks.com 18 May 2018
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Newsletter Bold Reasoning with Peter Singer His Substack on ethics, animals and effective altruism.
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- The critics of the effective altruism movement don’t understand it, that’s exactly why they’re attacking it 20 Oct 2026 My take on “Americanism, not effective altruism”
- 9 in 10 Children in the World’s Poorest Countries Cannot Read This Sentence 16 Sept 2026 The global education crisis is not quite the crisis many of us think it is. Some of the solutions are remarkably effective.
- Can a libertarian be an effective altruist? 2 Sept 2026 Libertarianism has nothing to say against voluntary altruism, and every reason to think that it is good for that altruism to be as effective as possible.
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- Profit for Good: Towards a Better Capitalism 18 Aug 2026 Perhaps the unusual thing is not that some companies give away a significant share of their profits.
- “KEY OUT”: When a Chimpanzee Asks to Be Free 24 Jul 2026 Seven chimpanzees are confined in a Michigan roadside zoo. One state Supreme Court Justice says the law should reconsider whether they have a right to freedom.
- When veterinarians fail animals 26 Jun 2026 Why is America’s leading veterinary association supporting farmed animal suffering?
- Why freedom of speech still needs defending, in academia and beyond 11 Jun 2026 We are not there yet.
- An Emergency in Global Health — and What We Can Do About It 13 May 2026 When we know that suffering is preventable, and when we have evidence about how to prevent it, and the capacity to do so without sacrificing anything of comparable significance, we should act.
- New Podcast Release: Zoe Weil 5 Mar 2026 In the latest episode of Lives Well Lived, the podcast I co-host with Kasia de Lazari-Radek, we speak with Zoe Weil, educator and author of The Solutionary Way.
- New Podcast Release: Rebecca Goldstein 19 Feb 2026 In the latest episode of Lives Well Lived, the podcast I co-host with Kasia de Lazari-Radek, we speak with the philosopher and novelist Rebecca Goldstein.
- New Podcast Release: Jennifer Wallace 6 Feb 2026 In the latest episode of Lives Well Lived, the podcast I co-host with Kasia de Lazari-Radek, we speak with journalist and author Jennifer Wallace about her new book: Mattering: The Secret to Life of Deep Connection and…
- New Podcast Release: Marion Nestle 18 Dec 2025 Marion Nestle became a public figure late in life, but her influence on how we think about food, health, and power has been wide-reaching.
- New Podcast Release: Tim Minchin 5 Dec 2025 Bold Reasoning with Peter Singer is a reader-supported publication.
- New Podcast Release: Shermin Kruse 27 Nov 2025 In this episode of Lives Well Lived, Kasia de Lazari-Radek and I speak with Shermin Kruse, author of Stoic Empathy and the semi-autobiographical novel Butterfly Stitching, about the moment in her childhood that shaped h…
- Debate: To Shrimp or Not to Shrimp 26 Nov 2025 A recording from Peter Singer's live video
- New Podcast Release: Brian Hare and Vanessa Woods 24 Nov 2025 Our guests in the latest episode of Lives Well Lived are Brian Hare and Vanessa Woods, whose work on dogs, chimpanzees and bonobos has changed how we understand our closest animal companions, our closest nonhuman relati…
- New Podcast Release: Stephen West 17 Nov 2025 Our guest in the latest episode of Lives Well Lived is Stephen West, creator of the acclaimed philosophy podcast Philosophize This!
- New Podcast Release: Mercedes and Anastasia Korngut 6 Nov 2025 Two teenage girls are our guests in the latest episode of Lives Well Lived, the podcast I co-host with Kasia de Lazari-Radek.
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- When I published The Most Good You Can Do in 2015, effective altruism was still a relatively new movement. Now The Economist has put effective altruism on its cover and called it “this century’s biggest idea.” It describes the movement as “admirable, but dangerous.” 7 Oct 2026
- “The Singer Solution to World Poverty” from Famine, Affluence, and Morality (Oxford University Press, 2016) #PeterSinger #Philosophy #Ethics #Philanthropy #Quote 5 Oct 2026
- From my Big Think interview. bigthink.com/series/full-... #PeterSinger #BigThink #Philosophy #ClimateChange #FactoryFarming 4 Oct 2026
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- One unexpected consequence of the drowning-child thought experiment: it has kept artists supplied with material for decades. I’m glad to see utilitarianism contributing to the artistic economy. Artist: @smbccomics #PeterSinger #DrowningChild #Philosophy #Ethics #Comics 1 Oct 2026
- Watching “The Deadliest Decision You’ve Never Heard Of”, a short film produced by Giving What We Can, I kept coming back to one thought: we already know a lot about how to prevent malaria, and yet far too many children still die from it. 1 Oct 2026
- From One World: The Ethics of Globalization (Yale University Press, 2002) #PeterSinger #Ethics #Philosophy #Morality 28 Sept 2026
- When I received the $1 million Berggruen Prize, I gave it away: half to effective charities helping people in extreme poverty, and half to organisations working to reduce animal suffering, especially factory farming. 27 Sept 2026
- This session is open to anyone interested in philanthropy, leadership, impact, and the question of what companies could do with their profits. 30 September 09:00–10:15 CEST / 5:00–6:15pm AEST Register for free: 26 Sept 2026 luma.com
- Listen to the full conversation 🎧 Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/de/podcast/l... Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/07qG... #PeterSinger #RyanHoliday #LivesWellLived #Trump #Philosophy 25 Sept 2026
- I’m sharing what happened because I suspect this problem will only become more difficult as search, social media and AI increasingly shape what people come to believe. Swipe through for the full story. #PeterSinger #Misinformation #Journalism #AI #Gaza 23 Sept 2026
- Imagine being lowered into a gas chamber while fully conscious. The gas causes pain as it dissolves into the moist tissues of your eyes, nose, mouth and lungs. Breathing becomes extremely painful. And you may remain conscious for up to 60 seconds before finally blacking out. 22 Sept 2026
- “Happiness, Money, and Giving It Away,” from Ethics in the Real World (Princeton University Press, 2016) #PeterSinger #Ethics #Philosophy #EffectiveAltruism #Giving 22 Sept 2026
- Billions of animals are confined, mutilated, and killed because their suffering is treated as less important than our taste. In this interview with @bigthink.com, I argue that species membership is not what makes suffering matter. #PeterSinger #BigThink #Philosophy #FactoryFarming #AI 19 Sept 2026
- If children grow up interacting with AI companions, how might that shape the way they understand relationships? In this episode of Lives Well Lived, we speak with Dana Suskind, pediatric surgeon and author of Human Raised. #PeterSinger #DanaSuskind #Podcast #AI #Parenting 18 Sept 2026
- In this episode of Lives Well Lived, we speak with physicist and philosopher @seanmcarroll.bsky.social about the many-worlds interpretation of quantum mechanics, the mystery of consciousness, whether morality is constructed, and how we create meaning in a universe without an objective purpose. 17 Sept 2026
- 9 in 10 children in the world’s poorest countries cannot read this sentence. In my new Substack issue, I look at why the global education crisis is not quite the crisis many of us think it is, and why some solutions are remarkably effective. #PeterSinger #Education #GlobalPoverty 16 Sept 2026
- In this excerpt from my conversation with Jack Symes, we discuss chickens, factory farming, and what our appetite for cheap meat asks us to ignore. Watch the full conversation, “Is Eating Animals (Always) Wrong?”, on YouTube. Videos: @weanimals.bsky.social 15 Sept 2026
- "Capitalism is still the most productive economic system that ever existed", The Guardian, 2026. #PeterSinger #Capitalism #EconomicJustice #Ethics #Philosophy 14 Sept 2026
- In this excerpt from my conversation with @richroll.bsky.social, we discuss the ethics of radically extending human life. Watch the full conversation on The Rich Roll Podcast: www.youtube.com/watch?v=arQb... #PeterSinger #RichRoll #Longevity #ClimateChange #Philosophy 12 Sept 2026
- For the August/September issue of Forbes Australia, I was invited to answer The Last Word, a series of questions that range from the serious to the personal. Thank you to Forbes Australia and Sarah O’Carroll for the feature. #PeterSinger #ForbesAustralia #Philosophy #Ethics #EffectiveAltruism 11 Sept 2026
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