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Peter Singer
Celebrated Australian philosopher working at Princeton, specialised in applied ethics. His seminal book Animal Liberation inspired a movement.

Celebrated Australian philosopher working at Princeton, specialised in applied ethics. His seminal book Animal Liberation inspired a movement.
Peter Singer Videos

On Humans and Animals
Peter Singer and Mary Midgley on what's next for animal rights

The life and philosophy of Peter Singer
Behind the scenes with "The Dangerous Philosopher"

Challenging Peter Singer's ethics
Can morality be objective?

Humanity and the gods of nature
Is morality human?
Peter Singer Articles
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Arc of life: Peter Singer
The biography of a world leading moral philosopher

In love with animals?
Can we care about animals if we eat them?

The good, the bad, and the ignored
The fantasy of agency

A rule to live by
Is it time to abandon the Golden Rule?

Land, ownership and hypocrisy
How to deal with native land

Violence, vengeance and virtue
The relationship between violence and ethics
More Articles

The morality of animals

The two ideas that divide us

Nature loves a hypocrite

Who is to blame for migrant deaths?

In defence of pessimism

Christmas traditions don't need religion

The Epicurean's guide to Christmas

How four women revolutionised ethics

Are mandatory vaccines justified?

Groundhog Day vs Nietzsche: Reliving Your Life

The Return of Meaning

The power of anxiety

Humour is no joke

Change Thyself: your personality is a moral issue

The rules of war are absurd, but necesssary

What Hobbes really thought about war

Why getting what you want won't make you happy

Moderating Twitter's Moderators

Truth is questionable, and so is honesty

Nietzsche: your conscience is no saint

5 philosophers on how to face death

Happiness as an act of resistance

The present is all there is to happiness

Paul Bloom: The Pleasure of Suffering

Pandemic prediction from Lucretius

The danger of ethics without empathy

Schopenhauer and the insatiable will to live

How effective altruism lost the plot

Pursuing happiness is a mistake

Nietzsche and the perils of denying your self