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Recently, three of my friends' husbands have died. They are in shock, reeling from the impact of their loss. Anthea is 58 and met her husband as a teenager at a youth camp. "I thought I was resilient," she says, "but I'm staring at the 30 years ahead without him. " Profile: Peter Singer. George W Bush and Peter Singer were born on the same day - July 6 1946.
But there the similarity ends. Only one is an Australian vegetarian who campaigns against animal cruelty and does not believe in the Judaeo-Christian nostrum of the sanctity of life. The world's most famous utilitarian on whether all carnivorous animals should be killed. Amazon. Ethicist Peter Singer on living a good life - it's trickier and yet simpler than you might think.
Peter Singer chats over lunch at Shakahari, in Carlton.
He says everybody can do some good, even those who don't earn a lot. Photo: Pat Scala. I’m Peter Singer (Australian moral philosopher) and I’m here to answer your questions about where your money is the most effective in the charitable world, or "The Most Good You Can Do." AMA. : IAmA. Poor Kids vs. Batkid: Ethicist Peter Singer on How to Choose a Charitable Cause: Forum. Thu, Apr 9, 2015 -- 10:00 AM TweetShareEmail Thu, Apr 9, 2015 -- 10:00 AM Download audio (MP3) Ramin Talaie/Getty Images.
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Peter Singer: "Doing the Most Good: The Effective Altruism Movement" Peter Singer on the Ethics of Philanthropy. Peter Singer would sooner donate a kidney than sponsor a concert hall.
So when entertainment mogul David Geffen gave $100 million in early March for the renovation of Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center in New York—it will soon be renamed David Geffen Hall—Mr. Singer questioned why people thought he was doing so much good. Over Skype from his home in Melbourne, Australia, Mr. Singer says that he doesn’t understand “how anyone could think that giving to the renovation of a concert hall that could impact the lives of generally well-off people living in Manhattan and well-off tourists that come to New York could be the best thing that you could do with $100 million.” He notes, for example, that a donation of less than $100 could restore sight to someone who is blind. Peter Singer's answer to What are some tips for applying utilitarianism to daily life? Some reservations about Singer's child-in-the-pond argument. Peter Singer is one of the most influential philosophers, and is a strong candidate for being the person who has helped the effective altruist community the most.
In the past, Peter Singer often argued that [the moral obligation to rush into a shallow pond to save a drowning child at the cost of ruining one’s shoes] is equivalent to [the moral obligation to give to charities that reduce extreme poverty]. For example, in this 2009 video he said: Peter Singer: "The Ethics of What We Eat" Peter Singer - Effective Altruism, an Introduction. Peter Singer - Ethics, Utilitarianism & Effective Altruism. Debate: Should Everyone Go Vegan? Peter Singer - Ethics, Utilitarianism & Effective Altruism. Peter Singer on the Christian God. Abortion and Infanticide: Peter Singer debates Don Marquis.