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Peter Singer

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Born

in Melbourne, Australia

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http://www.princeton.edu/~psinger/

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Philosophy, Social Sciences

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John Stuart Mill, Henry Sidgwick, R.M. Hare, Jeremy Bentham

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Peter Singer is sometimes called "the world’s most influential living philosopher" although he thinks that if that is true, it doesn't say much for all the other living philosophers around today. He has also been called the father (or grandfather?) of the modern animal rights movement, even though he doesn't base his philosophical views on rights, either for humans or for animals.

 In 2005 Time magazine named Singer one of the 100 most influential people in the world, and the Gottlieb Duttweiler Institute ranked him 3rd among Global Thought Leaders for 2013. (He has since slipped to 36th.) He is known especially for his work on the ethics of our treatment of animals, for his controversial critique of the sanctity of life doctrine in bioethic Peter Singer is sometimes called "the world’s most influential living philosopher" although he thinks that if that is true, it doesn't say much for all the other living philosophers around today. He has also been called the father (or grandfather?) of the modern animal rights movement, even though he doesn't base his philosophical views on rights, either for humans or for animals.

 In 2005 Time magazine named Singer one of the 100 most influential people in the world, and the Gottlieb Duttweiler Institute ranked him 3rd among Global Thought Leaders for 2013. (He has since slipped to 36th.) He is known especially for his work on the ethics of our treatment of animals, for his controversial critique of the sanctity of life doctrine in bioethics, and for his writings on the obligations of the affluent to aid those living in extreme poverty.  

Singer first became well-known internationally after the publication of Animal Liberation in 1975. In 2011 Time included Animal Liberation on its “All-TIME” list of the 100 best nonfiction books published in English since the magazine began, in 1923. Singer has written, co-authored, edited or co-edited more than 50 books, including Practical Ethics; The Expanding Circle; How Are We to Live?, Rethinking Life and Death, The Ethics of What We Eat (with Jim Mason), The Point of View of the Universe (with Katarzyna de Lazari-Radek), The Most Good You Can Do, Ethics in the Real World and Utilitarianism: A Very Short Introduction. His works have appeared in more than 30 languages.

Singer’s book The Life You Can Save, first published in 2009, led him to found a non-profit organization of the same name. In 2019, Singer got back the rights to the book and granted them to the organization, enabling it to make the eBook and audiobook versions available free from its website, www.thelifeyoucansave.org.  

Peter Singer was born in Melbourne, Australia, in 1946, and educated at the University of Melbourne and the University of Oxford. After teaching in England, the United States and Australia, he has, since 1999, been Ira W. DeCamp Professor of Bioethics in the University Center for Human Values at Princeton University. He is married, with three daughters and four grandchildren. His recreations include hiking and surfing. In 2012 he was made a Companion of the Order of Australia, the nation’s highest civic honour. ...more

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	Animal Liberation 4.30 avg rating — 10,721 ratings — published 1975 — 94 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Life You Can Save: How to Do Your Part to End World Poverty 4.15 avg rating — 6,478 ratings — published 2009 — 42 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ethics in the Real World: 86 Brief Essays on Things that Matter 3.93 avg rating — 4,495 ratings — published 2016	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Way We Eat: Why Our Food Choices Matter by Peter Singer (Goodreads Author), Jim Mason 4.09 avg rating — 3,976 ratings — published 2006 — 37 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Most Good You Can Do: How Effective Altruism Is Changing Ideas About Living Ethically 3.81 avg rating — 3,597 ratings — published 2015	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Practical Ethics 4.07 avg rating — 3,344 ratings — published 1979 — 50 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Marx: A Very Short Introduction 3.71 avg rating — 2,990 ratings — published 1980 — 48 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hegel: A Very Short Introduction 3.86 avg rating — 2,734 ratings — published 1983 — 36 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Famine, Affluence, and Morality 4.11 avg rating — 1,035 ratings — published 1972 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	One World: The Ethics of Globalization 3.72 avg rating — 1,135 ratings — published 2002 — 28 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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We should end the suffering of patients who know they are dying and want to do so peacefully

T he Victorian and New South Wales governments are considering whether to introduce legislation to allow voluntary assistance in dying. I support legislation, with adequate safeguards against abuse, to achieve this objective.

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“To protest about bullfighting in Spain, the eating of dogs in South Korea, or the slaughter of baby seals in Canada while continuing to eat eggs from hens who have spent their lives crammed into cages, or veal from calves who have been deprived of their mothers, their proper diet, and the freedom to lie down with their legs extended, is like denouncing apartheid in South Africa while asking your neighbors not to sell their houses to blacks.”
― Peter Singer, Animal Liberation

tags: animal-rights, apartheid, bullfighting, canada, compassion, science, seals, south-africa, south-korea, spain

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“All the arguments to prove man's superiority cannot shatter this hard fact: in suffering the animals are our equals.”
― Peter Singer

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“If possessing a higher degree of intelligence does not entitle one human to use another for his or her own ends, how can it entitle humans to exploit non-humans?”
― Peter Singer, Animal Liberation

tags: animal-rights

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Polls

This is the first round poll for selecting the Club's first book to read. The top three books (or more, depending on ties and popularity) will be part of a second round poll which will be used to make the final selection.

Eating Animals
Jonathan Safran Foer

4 votes 13.3%

Introduction to Animal Rights Your Child or the Dog? by Gary L. Francione

Introduction to Animal Rights Your Child or the Dog?
Gary L. Francione

4 votes 13.3%

Rain Without Thunder The Ideology of the Animal Rights Movement by Gary L. Francione

Rain Without Thunder The Ideology of the Animal Rights Movement
Gary L. Francione

3 votes 10.0%

Animal Rights/Human Rights by David Nibert

Animal Rights/Human Rights
David Nibert

2 votes 6.7%

Diet for a New America How Your Food Choices Affect Your Health, Happiness and the Future of Life on Earth by John Robbins

Diet for a New America How Your Food Choices Affect Your Health, Happiness and the Future of Life on Earth
John Robbins

2 votes 6.7%

Dominion The Power of Man, the Suffering of Animals, and the Call to Mercy by Matthew Scully

Dominion The Power of Man, the Suffering of Animals, and the Call to Mercy
Matthew Scully

2 votes 6.7%

The China Study The Most Comprehensive Study of Nutrition Ever Conducted and the Startling Implications for Diet, Weight Loss and Long-term Health
T. Colin Campbell

2 votes 6.7%

Capers in the Churchyard Animal Rights Advocacy in the Age of Terror by Lee Hall

Capers in the Churchyard Animal Rights Advocacy in the Age of Terror
Lee Hall

1 vote 3.3%

For the Prevention of Cruelty The History and Legacy of Animal Rights Activism in the United States by Diane L. Beers

For the Prevention of Cruelty The History and Legacy of Animal Rights Activism in the United States
Diane L. Beers

1 vote 3.3%

Making a Killing The Political Economy of Animal Rights by Bob Torres

Making a Killing The Political Economy of Animal Rights
Bob Torres

1 vote 3.3%

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Strategic Action for Animals A Handbook on Strategic Movement Building, Organizing, and Activism for Animal Liberation
Melanie Joy

1 vote 3.3%

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The Face on Your Plate The Truth About Food
J. Moussaieff Masson

1 vote 3.3%

The Heretic's Feast A History of Vegetarianism by Colin Spencer

The Heretic's Feast A History of Vegetarianism
Colin Spencer

1 vote 3.3%

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Why We Love Dogs, Eat Pigs, and Wear Cows An Introduction to Carnism
Melanie Joy

1 vote 3.3%

Vegetarian America A History by Karen Iacobbo

Vegetarian America A History
Karen Iacobbo

1 vote 3.3%

Religious Vegetarianism From Hesiod to the Dalai Lama by Lisa Portmess

Religious Vegetarianism From Hesiod to the Dalai Lama
Lisa Portmess

1 vote 3.3%

Animals as Persons Essays on the Abolition of Animal Exploitation by Gary L. Francione

Animals as Persons Essays on the Abolition of Animal Exploitation
Gary L. Francione

1 vote 3.3%

Eternal Treblinka Our Treatment of Animals and the Holocaust by Charles Patterson

Eternal Treblinka Our Treatment of Animals and the Holocaust
Charles Patterson

1 vote 3.3%

101 Reasons Why I'm A Vegetarian by Pamela Rice

101 Reasons Why I'm A Vegetarian
Pamela Rice

0 votes 0.0%

Animal Liberation
Peter Singer

0 votes 0.0%

Animals, Property, and the Law (Ethics and Action) by Gary L. Francione

Animals, Property, and the Law
Gary L. Francione

0 votes 0.0%

Before You Know Kindness by Chris Bohjalian

Before You Know Kindness
Chris Bohjalian

0 votes 0.0%

Being Vegan
Joanne Stepaniak

0 votes 0.0%

Vegan Freak Being Vegan in a Non-Vegan World by Bob Torres

Vegan Freak Being Vegan in a Non-Vegan World
Bob Torres

0 votes 0.0%

The Way We Eat Why Our Food Choices Matter by Peter Singer

The Way We Eat Why Our Food Choices Matter
Peter Singer

0 votes 0.0%

Ethics and the Beast A Speciesist Argument for Animal Liberation by Tzachi Zamir

Ethics and the Beast A Speciesist Argument for Animal Liberation
Tzachi Zamir

0 votes 0.0%

Living Among Meat Eaters The Vegetarian's Survival Handbook by Carol J. Adams

Living Among Meat Eaters The Vegetarian's Survival Handbook
Carol J. Adams

0 votes 0.0%

May All Be Fed 'a Diet For A New World Including Recipes By Jia Patton And Friends by John Robbins

May All Be Fed 'a Diet For A New World Including Recipes By Jia Patton And Friends
John Robbins

0 votes 0.0%

Slaughterhouse The Shocking Story of Greed, Neglect, And Inhumane Treatment Inside the U.s. Meat Industry by Gail A. Eisnitz

Slaughterhouse The Shocking Story of Greed, Neglect, And Inhumane Treatment Inside the U.s. Meat Industry
Gail A. Eisnitz

0 votes 0.0%

Terrorists or Freedom Fighters? Reflections on the Liberation of Animals by Anthony J. Nocella II

Terrorists or Freedom Fighters? Reflections on the Liberation of Animals
Anthony J. Nocella II

0 votes 0.0%

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Thanking the Monkey Rethinking the Way We Treat Animals
Karen Dawn

0 votes 0.0%

The Animal Activists Handbook Maximizing Our Positive Impact in Today's World by Matt Ball

The Animal Activists Handbook Maximizing Our Positive Impact in Today's World
Matt Ball

0 votes 0.0%

The Case for Animal Rights
Tom Regan

0 votes 0.0%

Why Animals Matter The Case for Animal Protection by Erin E. Williams

Why Animals Matter The Case for Animal Protection
Erin E. Williams

0 votes 0.0%

The Dreaded Comparison Human and Animal Slavery by Marjorie Spiegel

The Dreaded Comparison Human and Animal Slavery
Marjorie Spiegel

0 votes 0.0%

When Elephants Weep The Emotional Lives of Animals by J. Moussaieff Masson

When Elephants Weep The Emotional Lives of Animals
J. Moussaieff Masson

0 votes 0.0%

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Why Animal Suffering Matters Philosophy, Theology, and Practical Ethics
Andrew Linzey

0 votes 0.0%

Between the Species A Reader in Human-Animal Relationships by Arnold Arluke

Between the Species A Reader in Human-Animal Relationships
Arnold Arluke

0 votes 0.0%

Babies and Beasts THE ARGUMENT FROM MARGINAL CASES by Daniel A. Dombrowski

Babies and Beasts THE ARGUMENT FROM MARGINAL CASES
Daniel A. Dombrowski

0 votes 0.0%

Sins of the Flesh A History of Ethical Vegetarian Thought by Rod Preece

Sins of the Flesh A History of Ethical Vegetarian Thought
Rod Preece

0 votes 0.0%

Ethical Vegetarianism From Pythagoras to Peter Singer by Kerry S. Walters

Ethical Vegetarianism From Pythagoras to Peter Singer
Kerry S. Walters

0 votes 0.0%

An Unnatural Order Uncovering the Roots of Our Domination of Nature and Each Other by Jim Mason

An Unnatural Order Uncovering the Roots of Our Domination of Nature and Each Other
Jim Mason

0 votes 0.0%

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