This Nov. 8, 2019 photo shows singer-songwriter, Paul Simon, left, and author-philosopher Peter Singer during an interview in New York to promote the new edition of Singer's book “The Life You Can ...

In Astra Taylor’s 2008 documentary Examined Life, the philosopher Peter Singer paces a stretch of Fifth Avenue plastered with the marquees of designer brands. “There are people who have the money to ...

Senior Lecturer in Digital Ethics, Centre for AI and Digital Ethics, School of Computing and Information Systems, The University of Melbourne The pigs’ suffering was not an aberration; it is what ...

Through clear-eyed arguments and ceaseless advocacy, Australian philosopher Peter Singer has revolutionized modern philanthropy—twice. His 1972 essay “Famine, Affluence, and Morality” argued that ...

Having explored themes of future war in his books Wired for War and Ghost Fleet, Peter W. Singer turns to the online dimension in Like War: The Weaponization of Social Media (HMH, co-authored with ...

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 ...

Philosopher Peter Singer's work focuses on "effective altruism" — how to do the most good to make the world a better place. He argues effective giving involves balancing empathy with reason. Peter ...

He says veganism has ‘got to become the mainstream, not only to reduce the suffering of animals and slow climate change, but to reduce the risk of future pandemics’ Peter Singer, a foremost ...

Conference is open to the public. All panel discussions will be livestreamed(Link is external). Peter Singer was born in Melbourne, Australia, in 1946, and educated ...

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 ...