Peter Singer
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Peter Singer is an Australian moral philosopher known for his influential work in applied ethics, particularly animal rights and global poverty, grounded in a contemporary utilitarian framework.
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| Peter Singer canonical | 12 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T693185 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Peter Singer Context triple: [Utilitarianism, associatedWith, Peter Singer]
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Bernard Williams
Bernard Williams was a prominent 20th-century British moral philosopher known for his critiques of utilitarianism and moral theory, his emphasis on the complexity of ethical life, and his influential work on integrity, moral luck, and the history of philosophy.
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Martha Nussbaum
Martha Nussbaum is an American philosopher renowned for her work in ethics, political philosophy, and the capabilities approach to human development.
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C.
Paul Kurtz
Paul Kurtz was an American philosopher and prominent secular humanist who became a leading advocate of scientific skepticism and critical inquiry into paranormal and pseudoscientific claims.
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Michael Walzer
Michael Walzer is an American political theorist best known for his work on justice, war, and ethics, particularly in his influential book "Just and Unjust Wars."
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John Rawls
John Rawls was a 20th-century American political philosopher best known for his theory of justice as fairness, which profoundly shaped contemporary liberal political thought.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Peter Singer Target entity description: Peter Singer is an Australian moral philosopher known for his influential work in applied ethics, particularly animal rights and global poverty, grounded in a contemporary utilitarian framework.
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A.
Bernard Williams
Bernard Williams was a prominent 20th-century British moral philosopher known for his critiques of utilitarianism and moral theory, his emphasis on the complexity of ethical life, and his influential work on integrity, moral luck, and the history of philosophy.
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B.
Martha Nussbaum
Martha Nussbaum is an American philosopher renowned for her work in ethics, political philosophy, and the capabilities approach to human development.
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C.
Paul Kurtz
Paul Kurtz was an American philosopher and prominent secular humanist who became a leading advocate of scientific skepticism and critical inquiry into paranormal and pseudoscientific claims.
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D.
Michael Walzer
Michael Walzer is an American political theorist best known for his work on justice, war, and ethics, particularly in his influential book "Just and Unjust Wars."
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E.
John Rawls
John Rawls was a 20th-century American political philosopher best known for his theory of justice as fairness, which profoundly shaped contemporary liberal political thought.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (66)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
author
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bioethicist ⓘ human ⓘ moral philosopher ⓘ philosopher ⓘ utilitarian philosopher ⓘ |
| academicDegree |
Bachelor of Arts
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Master of Arts ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Australia ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1946-07-06 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
University of Melbourne
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University of Oxford ⓘ |
| education | Scotch College, Melbourne ⓘ |
| employer |
Monash University
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Princeton University ⓘ University of Melbourne ⓘ |
| familyName | Singer ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
animal ethics
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applied ethics ⓘ bioethics ⓘ ethics ⓘ global justice ⓘ global poverty ⓘ moral philosophy ⓘ philosophy of animal rights ⓘ political philosophy ⓘ utilitarianism ⓘ |
| givenName | Peter ⓘ |
| ideology | preference utilitarianism ⓘ |
| influenced |
animal rights movement
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contemporary applied ethics ⓘ effective altruism ⓘ
surface form:
effective altruism movement
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| influencedBy |
Henry Sidgwick
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Jeremy Bentham ⓘ John Stuart Mill ⓘ R. M. Hare ⓘ |
| knownFor |
advocacy of effective altruism
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arguments about global poverty ⓘ controversial views on euthanasia and infanticide ⓘ defending animal liberation ⓘ utilitarian approach to bioethics ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| mainInterest |
abortion
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animal rights ⓘ animal welfare ⓘ effective altruism ⓘ environmental ethics ⓘ euthanasia ⓘ global poverty ⓘ infanticide ⓘ |
| movement | utilitarianism ⓘ |
| name | Peter Singer self-link ⓘ |
| nationality | Australian ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Animal Liberation
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Famine, Affluence, and Morality ⓘ One World ⓘ Practical Ethics ⓘ Rethinking Life and Death ⓘ The Life You Can Save ⓘ The Most Good You Can Do ⓘ |
| philosophicalSchool | consequentialism ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Melbourne ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Director of the Centre for Human Bioethics at Monash University
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Ira W. DeCamp Professor of Bioethics at Princeton University ⓘ Professor of Bioethics at the University of Melbourne ⓘ |
| website | https://www.petersinger.info/ ⓘ |
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Subject: Peter Singer Description of subject: Peter Singer is an Australian moral philosopher known for his influential work in applied ethics, particularly animal rights and global poverty, grounded in a contemporary utilitarian framework.
Referenced by (12)
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