Peter Singer

Biography

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.

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Known For

Examined Life
Examined Life
Speciesism: The Movie
Speciesism: The Movie
Henry: One Man's Way
Henry: One Man's Way
Empathy
Empathy
Food ReLOVution
Food ReLOVution
Kangaroo: A Love-Hate Story
Kangaroo: A Love-Hate Story

Filmography

2024 Humans and Other Animals
as Lui-même
2021 Great Minds
as Self
2018 Do You Trust this Computer?
as Self
2018 Kangaroo: A Love-Hate Story
as Himself
2017 Le Temps des bêtes : un film de cruauté et de compassion
as Lui-même
2017 Empathy
as Peter Singer
2017 Food ReLOVution
as Self
2013 Live and Let Live
as Self - Professor of Bioethics
2013 Speciesism: The Movie
as Self
2013 Cedo
as Himself
2008 Examined Life
as Self
2008 Q&A
as Self - Panellist
2005 The Colbert Report
as
2003 Enough Rope With Andrew Denton
as
1998 A Cow at My Table
as Himself - Philosopher, Activist
1996 Henry: One Man's Way
as Himself
1987 The Great Philosophers
as