Peter Singer is professor emeritus of bioethics at Princeton University and author of many books. His latest, Consider the Turkey, was published by Princeton University Press this month. Most ...

(RNS) — As Peter Singer's influential 2009 book 'The Life You Can Save,' is reissued in a 10th anniversary edition, our Catholic ethicist reviews his unlikely friendship with the champion of abortion ...

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“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 ...

Part 3 of the TED Radio Hour episode The Greater Good? Are some acts of altruism more effective than others? Philosopher Peter Singer examines the greater good on a global scale, asking how we can ...

In the fall of 2017, Talitha Wisner was completing her assigned reading for Practical Ethics—one of Princeton University’s most popular philosophy classes—when she decided to e-mail her professor. In ...

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 ...

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 ...

The philosopher, in keeping with his ideas about “effective altruism,” said he plans to donate half the prize to alleviating global poverty. By Jennifer Schuessler Over the past decade, the ...

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 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 ...