Peter Singer
Peter Singer is an Australian moral philosopher. He is the Ira W. DeCamp Professor of Bioethics at Princeton University, and a Laureate Professor at the Centre for Applied Philosophy and Public Ethics at the University of Melbourne. He specialises 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 favour of vegetarianism, and his essay "Famine, Affluence, and Morality," in which he argues in favour of donating to help the global poor. Description above from the Wikipedia article Peter Singer, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Do You Trust this Computer?
as SelfScience fiction has long anticipated the rise of machine intelligence, and today a new...
Movie pageLive and Let Live
as Self - Professor of BioethicsLive and Let Live is a feature documentary examining our relationship with animals, the history...
Movie pageExamined Life
as SelfExamined Life pulls philosophy out of academic journals and classrooms, and puts it back on the...
Movie pageEmpathy
as Peter SingerEd is commissioned to make a documentary intending to change those habits of society that are...
Movie pageKangaroo: A Love-Hate Story
as HimselfThis groundbreaking film reveals the truth surrounding Australia’s love-hate relationship with...
Movie pageFood ReLOVution
as Self“Food Relovution: What We Eat Can Make A Difference” is an eye-opening and compelling feature...
Movie pageA Cow at My Table
as Himself - Philosopher, ActivistA Cow at My Table explores Western attitudes towards farm animals and meat, and the intense...
Movie pageHenry: One Man's Way
as HimselfOne Man's Way is a 1996 documentary in which Peter Singer documents the efforts and philosophies...
Movie pageSpeciesism: The Movie
as SelfModern farms are struggling to keep a secret. Most of the animals used for food in the United...
Movie pageThe Colbert Report
as uncreditedThe Colbert Report is an American satirical late night television program that airs Monday...
TV Show pageQ&A
as Self - PanellistHosted by Hamish Macdonald, Q&A puts punters, pollies and pundits together in the studio to...
TV Show pageEnough Rope With Andrew Denton
as uncreditedEnough Rope with Andrew Denton is a television interview show originally broadcast on ABC1 in...
TV Show pageThe Great Philosophers
as uncreditedBryan Magee traces the history of western philosophy over two millennia, discussing the ideas of...
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