Peter Singer

princeton.edu

Filosofi

Peter Singer is a renowned philosopher and ethicist, widely recognized for his influential work on animal rights and bioethics.
Born in Australia in 1946, he has authored numerous books, including the seminal "Animal Liberation" (1975).
Singer's utilitarian approach to ethics has sparked both praise and controversy.
He currently serves as Professor of Bioethics at Princeton University and has been ranked among the world's most influential thinkers.
Singer's work extends beyond academia, inspiring the founding of The Life You Can Save, a non-profit organization focused on alleviating global poverty.
His writings have been translated into over 30 languages, cementing his status as a prominent figure in contemporary philosophy.

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Animal Liberation

av Peter Singer • 1975

Sentience, not species, determines who matters morally. The book that changed how we treat animals.

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🐾 Animal Ethics 🏭 Factory Farming ✊ Animal Rights

Animal Liberation

Sentience, not species, determines who matters morally. The book that changed how we treat animals.

av Peter Singer 1975 354 sidor

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The Life You Can Save

av Peter Singer • 2009

Child drowning: you'd wade in. Child dying of malaria: $10 saves her. The moral math is identical.

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🧮 Effective Altruism 🌍 Global Poverty ⚖️ Utilitarian Ethics

The Life You Can Save

Child drowning: you'd wade in. Child dying of malaria: $10 saves her. The moral math is identical.

av Peter Singer 2009 224 sidor

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Ethics in the Real World

av Peter Singer • 2016

A philosopher's case that buying a luxury watch when children are dying is an ethical failure.

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⚖️ Applied Ethics 🏛️ Moral Philosophy 🌍 Effective Altruism

Ethics in the Real World

A philosopher's case that buying a luxury watch when children are dying is an ethical failure.

av Peter Singer 2016 336 sidor

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The Way We Eat

av Peter Singer • 2006

What three American meals reveal about the hidden moral cost of your dinner.

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🥕 Food Ethics 🐷 Animal Welfare 🏭 Factory Farming

The Way We Eat

What three American meals reveal about the hidden moral cost of your dinner.

av Peter Singer 2006 328 sidor

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The Most Good You Can Do

av Peter Singer • 2015

Your charitable instincts are probably wrong. A dollar overseas can do a hundred times more good.

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The Most Good You Can Do

Your charitable instincts are probably wrong. A dollar overseas can do a hundred times more good.

av Peter Singer 2015 211 sidor

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Practical Ethics

av Peter Singer • 1979

Suffering, equally weighed, rewrites what we owe the poor, the dying, and every creature that feels.

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🧭 Applied Ethics ⚖️ Utilitarianism 🐾 Animal Ethics

Practical Ethics

Suffering, equally weighed, rewrites what we owe the poor, the dying, and every creature that feels.

av Peter Singer 1979 356 sidor

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Marx

av Peter Singer • 1980

Why Marx's critique of capitalism still explains inequality, globalization, and the climate crisis.

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🏛️ Political Philosophy 📈 Economic Theory 📜 Intellectual History

Marx

Why Marx's critique of capitalism still explains inequality, globalization, and the climate crisis.

av Peter Singer 1980 130 sidor

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🏛️ Political Philosophy 📈 Economic Theory 📜 Intellectual History

Hegel

av Peter Singer • 1983

Mind, not matter, drives reality. History is freedom waking up. Hegel explained why.

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🧠 German Idealism ⚙️ Dialectical Method 🕰️ Philosophy Of History

Hegel

Mind, not matter, drives reality. History is freedom waking up. Hegel explained why.

av Peter Singer 1983 131 sidor

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🧠 German Idealism ⚙️ Dialectical Method 🕰️ Philosophy Of History

Animal Liberation Now

av Peter Singer • 2023

Suffering is suffering regardless of species. Everything else is bias we have learned not to see.

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🐾 Animal Ethics 📚 Moral Philosophy ✊ Animal Rights

Animal Liberation Now

Suffering is suffering regardless of species. Everything else is bias we have learned not to see.

av Peter Singer 2023 370 sidor

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🐾 Animal Ethics 📚 Moral Philosophy ✊ Animal Rights

One World

av Peter Singer • 2002

Borders do not contain carbon, missiles, or pandemics. They should not contain your conscience.

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🌍 Global Ethics 🏛️ Cosmopolitanism 💡 Effective Altruism

One World

Borders do not contain carbon, missiles, or pandemics. They should not contain your conscience.

av Peter Singer 2002 272 sidor

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🌍 Global Ethics 🏛️ Cosmopolitanism 💡 Effective Altruism

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