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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| 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
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| dateOfBirth |
1946-07-06
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| educatedAt |
University of Melbourne
NERFINISHED
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University of Oxford NERFINISHED → |
| education |
Scotch College, Melbourne
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| employer |
Monash University
NERFINISHED
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Princeton University → University of Melbourne NERFINISHED → |
| familyName |
Singer
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| 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
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| ideology |
preference utilitarianism
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| influenced |
animal rights movement
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contemporary applied ethics → effective altruism movement → |
| influencedBy |
Henry Sidgwick
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Jeremy Bentham NERFINISHED → John Stuart Mill NERFINISHED → 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
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| mainInterest |
abortion
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animal rights → animal welfare → effective altruism → environmental ethics → euthanasia → global poverty → infanticide → |
| movement |
utilitarianism
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| name |
Peter Singer
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| nationality |
Australian
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| 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
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| placeOfBirth |
Melbourne
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| 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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Utilitarianism
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preference utilitarianism → |
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act utilitarianism
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defendedBy |
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Singer
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hasNotableBearer |
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Peter Singer
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