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Peter Singer

Australian moral philosopher (born 1946)

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Born: July 6, 1946
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1.Stated in Integrated Authority FileRetrieved 2014-04-27
2.Stated in SNACRetrieved 2017-10-09
3.Stated in Encyclopædia Britannica OnlineRetrieved 2017-10-09
4.Stated in Brockhaus Enzyklopädie
5.Stated in Internet Philosophy Ontology projectRetrieved 2017-10-09
6.Stated in Babelio
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Birthplace: Melbourne
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1.Stated in Integrated Authority FileRetrieved 2014-12-11
2.philosophy.princeton.edu/people/peter-singerRetrieved 2021-08-27
3.Stated in Great Norwegian EncyclopediaRetrieved 2026-10-18
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Citizenship: Australia
Occupation: philosopher
, professor
, writer
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Positions held: advisory board
Education: University College, Oxford(until 1971)
, University of Melbourne(until 1967)
, Scotch College
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Employer: Princeton University
, New York University
, University of Melbourne
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Languages spoken, written or signed: English
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1.Stated in BnF authoritiesRetrieved 2015-10-10
2.Stated in CONOR.SI
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, Australian English

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Peter Albert David Singer is an Australian moral philosopher who is Emeritus Ira W. DeCamp Professor of Bioethics at Princeton University. Singer's work specialises in applied ethics, approaching the subject from a secular, utilitarian perspective. His book Animal Liberation (1975) criticized intensive animal farming and speciesism, and shaped the animal rights movement. His essay "Famine, Affluence, and Morality" argues for the moral imperative of donating to help the global poor, using the drowning child analogy. For most of his career he was a preference utilitarian. He revealed in The Point of View of the Universe (2014), co-authored with Katarzyna de Lazari-Radek, that he had become a hedonistic utilitarian. His books The Life You Can Save (2009) and The Most Good You Can Do (2015) are influential in the effective altruism movement.

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Awards: Ethics Prize of the Giordano Bruno Stiftung
BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award(2022)
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1.premiosfronterasdelconocimiento.es/galardonados/peter-singer/
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Companion of the Order of Australia(June 11, 2012) subject named as: Professor Peter SINGER · award rationale: For eminent service to philosophy and bioethics as a leader of public debate and communicator of ideas in the areas of global poverty, animal welfare and the human condition.
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Emperor Has No Clothes Award(2004)
Banjo Award for Non-Fiction(1995) for work: unknown
Fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities(1981)
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1.humanities.org.au/fellows/fellow-profile/?fellow_id=529
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Sex or gender: male
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1.Stated in BnF authoritiesRetrieved 2023-03-08
2.Stated in Integrated Authority FileRetrieved 2024-07-15
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Website: petersinger.info language: English
Field of work: bioethics
applied ethics
Given name: Peter
Albert
David
Religion or worldview: atheism
Family name: Singer
Time period: contemporary philosophy
Movement: Western philosophy
utilitarianism
animal rights movement
effective altruism
Native language: Australian English
Name in native language: Peter Singer
Birth name: Peter Albert David Singer
Social media followers: 117,365(February 5, 2023) x (twitter) numeric user id: 20729766
115,090(February 26, 2022) x (twitter) numeric user id: 20729766
107,016(January 6, 2021) x (twitter) numeric user id: 20729766
102,125(April 22, 2020) x (twitter) numeric user id: 20729766
Different from: Peter A. Singer
Writing language: English
Mother: Cora Singer
Father: Ernst Singer
Member of: Royal Society of Canada
American Academy of Arts and Sciences

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