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Peter Singer

Peter Albert David Singer (born 6 July 1946) is an Australian moral philosopher who is Emeritus Ira W. DeCamp Professor of Bioethics at Princeton University. Singer's work specialises in applied ethics, approaching the subject from a secular, utilitarian perspective. He wrote the book Animal Liberation (1975), in which he argues for vegetarianism, and…

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Awards
Berggruen Prize (2021) · BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award (2022)
Education
University of Melbourne (BA, MA) · University College, Oxford (BPhil)
Academic advisor
R. M. Hare (BPhil advisor)
Born
Peter Albert David Singer (1946-07-06) 6 July 1946 (age 80) Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Children
3
Institutions
University College, Oxford · New York University · La Trobe University · Monash University · Princeton University

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Early life and education

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Applied ethics

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Personal life

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Peter Singer

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Peter Singer

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related to Edited and coedited volumes and anthologies · 91
Peter Singer → Academia Verlag, Aldershot, Allocation, An Anthology, An Ethical Evaluation, Animals, Approach, Apuleius, Ashgate/Dartmouth, Australian, Barbara Dover, Basil Blackwell, Bioethics, Bioethics Reader, Blackwell, Blackwells, Bob Brown, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, Coetzee
related to Co-authored books · 81
Peter Singer → Aldershot, American, An Examination, Ancient Contract, Animal Factories, Animal Farming, Arrow, Audio, Australia's Record, Australian Government Publishing Service, Baby Live, Better World, Black Inc, Blackwells, Buddhist, Build, Camden Press, Canberra, Cell Research, Contemporary Ethics
related to Commentary volumes on Singer's work · 22
Peter Singer → Ben, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, Camosy, Charles, Chicago, Christian, Dale, Davidow, Davidow Press, Effective Farm Animal Advocacy, His Critics, ISBN, Jeffrey, Open Court Publishers, Peter Singer Under Fire, Singer, The Moral Iconoclast Faces, Top Activists Share Their, Uncaged
Institutions · 6
Peter Singer → La Trobe University, Monash University, New York University, Princeton University, University College, Oxford, University of Melbourne
Notable ideas · 6
Peter Singer → Argument from marginal cases, Drowning child analogy, Effective altruism, Equal consideration of interests, Personism, Speciesism
Notable works · 4
Peter Singer → Animal Liberation (1975), How Are We to Live? (1993), Practical Ethics (1979), The Life You Can Save (2009)
Awards · 2
Peter Singer → BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award (2022), Berggruen Prize (2021)
Education · 2
Peter Singer → University College, Oxford (BPhil), University of Melbourne (BA, MA)
Main interests · 2
Peter Singer → Applied ethics, Bioethics
School · 2
Peter Singer → Analytic philosophy, Utilitarianism

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Peter SingerThesisDisobedience and Democracy: A Study in Political Obligation (1971)1.00infobox

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