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Peter Singer

6 July 1946 -

Peter Albert David Singer AC (born 6 July 1946) is an Australian moral philosopher and the Ira W. DeCamp Professor of Bioethics at Princeton University. He specializes in applied ethics and approaches ethical issues from a secular, utilitarian perspective. He is known in particular for his book Animal Liberation (1975), in which he argues in favor of veganism, and his essay "Famine, Affluence, and Morality", in which he argues in favor of donating to help the global poor.

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  • Cover of: Marx: a very short introduction

    First published in 1980 14 editions in 1 language — 6 previewable Cover of edition marx0000sing Cover of edition marxsing00sing Cover of edition marx00sing Cover of edition marxveryshortint00sing_048 Cover of edition marxveryshortint00sing_040
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  • Cover of: Animal liberation

    First published in 1975 9 editions in 1 language — 4 previewable Cover of edition animalliberation00sing Cover of edition isbn_0394400968 Cover of edition animalliberation0000sing
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  • Cover of: Bioethics: an anthology

    First published in 1999 9 editions in 1 language — 2 previewable Cover of edition bioethicsantholo0000unse
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  • Cover of: A companion to bioethics

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  • Cover of: The Cambridge Textbook of Bioethics

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  • Cover of: Pushing Time Away: My Grandfather and the Tragedy of Jewish Vienna

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  • Cover of: Animal Liberation: The Definitive Classic of the Animal Rights Movement

    First published in 1976 5 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Writings on an ethical life

    First published in 2000 5 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: In Defense of Animals: The Second Wave

    First published in 1985 4 editions in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Practical Ethics

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  • Cover of: Science, Society, and the Supermarket: The Opportunities and Challenges of Nutrigenomics

    First published in 2006 4 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Practical ethics

    First published in 1979 4 editions in 2 languages — 2 previewable Cover of edition practicalethics00sing_247
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  • Cover of: How are we to live?: ethics in an age of self-interest

    First published in 1993 4 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: One world: the ethics of globalization

    First published in 2002 4 editions in 1 language — 3 previewable Cover of edition oneworldethicsof00sing Cover of edition oneworldethicsgl00psin
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  • Cover of: The allocation of health care resources: an ethical evaluation of the 'QALY' approach

    First published in 1998 4 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Ethics in the Real World: 82 Brief Essays on Things That Matter

    First published in 2016 4 editions in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Should the Baby Live?: The Problem of Handicapped Infants (Studies in Bioethics)

    First published in 1985 4 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Hegel: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions)

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Subjects
Ethics, Moral and ethical aspects, Animal rights, Animal welfare, Medical ethics, Bioethics, Social ethics, Medical Ethics, Philosophy, Animal rights movement, Ethik, Human Fertilization in vitro, Bioethical Issues, Biography, Humanitarianism, Poverty, Altruism, Animal rights activists, Charity, Economic assistance, Fertilization in Vitro, History, Philosophy and ethics, Sociobiology, Animal Rights
Places
United States, Australia, Great Britain, Angleterre, England, Estats Units d'Amèrica, Grande-Bretagne, Ireland, Northern Ireland, Pays de Galles, Wales
People
George W. Bush (1946-), Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (1770-1831), Henry Spira (1927-), Henry Cort (1740-1800), J. M. Coetzee (1940-), Karl Marx (1818-1883)
Time
2001-

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  • Peter Albert David Singer
  • Peter A. Singer
  • Peter-Singer

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January 4, 2023 Edited by Tom Morris merge authors
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April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import