I wasn’t aware of climate change until the 1980s — hardly anyone was — and even when we recognized the dire threat that burning fossil fuels posed, it took time for the role of animal production in ...

“Philosophy ... changes what people decide to do with their lives, what careers they choose, what they do with their money, how they eat.” In 1975, Peter Singer helped create the foundation for the ...

Two Princeton professors, Jeanne Altmann and Peter Singer, have been awarded 2023 Frontiers of Knowledge Awards by the BBVA Foundation. The awards recognize basic research and creative work worldwide ...

Hey, Mr. President, How’s That Texas Senate GOP Primary Runoff Endorsement Coming? Audio By Carbonatix Princeton “moral philosopher” Peter Singer has co-authored a piece decrying the “speciesism” of ...

Rhodes College’s philosophy department hosted a conversation with controversial bioethicist Peter Singer Wednesday, as planned, despite opposition to the event from faculty members from several other ...

When I first learned that a thorough revision of Peter Singer's classic book Animal Liberation was going to be published in May 2023 with the title Animal Liberation Now, I couldn't wait to get my ...

It's been a long time since philosophers had to fear the fate of Socrates, who was executed in ancient Athens for atheism and corrupting the young. Still, it's rare for philosophers to receive great ...

UC Berkeley’s Philosophy Forum is facing pushback from campus students for hosting author and philosopher Peter Singer on Nov. 6 due to controversy from Singer’s comments on people with disabilities.

This week, Project Syndicate catches up with Peter Singer, Professor of Bioethics at Princeton University and co-author of Utilitarianism: A Very Short Introduction. How do you – or the organization ...

Peter Singer was born in Melbourne, Australia, and educated at the University of Melbourne and the University of Oxford. He has taught at the University of Oxford, La Trobe University and Monash ...

Peter Singer is an Australian philosopher widely regarded as one of the most influential living philosophers, particularly for his contributions to the animal liberation movement. Born in Melbourne to ...