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Peter Singer @petersinger.info · 15h

We discuss whether doing good for others can, in fact, be one of the most fulfilling things we do for ourselves and why evolution may have wired us to find moral action rewarding.

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Philosophy Podcast · Lives Well Lived is hosted by Peter Singer & Kasia de Lazari Radek. Episodes consist of interviews with remarkable guests who have lived well, both in the sense of living an…

Julia van Boven on Moral Action

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Peter Singer @petersinger.info · 15h

What really motivates us to give? In our latest “Lives Well Lived” episode, Kasia and I speak with Julia van Boven, co-founder of the School for Moral Ambition, and Sjir Hoeijmakers, CEO of Giving What We Can, about what drives people to build a career around making the world a better place.

What really motivates us to give? In our latest “Lives Well Lived” episode, Kasia and I speak with Julia van Boven, co-founder of the School for Moral Ambition, and Sjir Hoeijmakers, CEO of Giving…

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Peter Singer @petersinger.info · 15h

Today, humans do this to animals, despite clear evidence that they can suffer.

The ethical principle we should follow is equal consideration of similar interests. If a nonhuman animal can feel pain, that pain matters just as much as the pain of a human

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The central argument of Animal Liberation

The central argument of Animal Liberation is simple: speciesism - the bias in favour of our own species - is no more defensible than racism or sexism. Throughout history, dominant groups have…

The central argument of Animal Liberation

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Peter Singer @petersinger.info · 15h

The central argument of Animal Liberation is simple: speciesism - the bias in favour of our own species - is no more defensible than racism or sexism.

Throughout history, dominant groups have exploited the less powerful for their own interests.

The central argument of Animal Liberation is simple: speciesism - the bias in favour of our own species - is no more defensible than racism or sexism. Throughout history, dominant groups have…

Kindness Medal — Winsome Constance Kindness

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Peter Singer @petersinger.info · 2d

Learn more about the award here: www.kindnesstrust.com/winsome-cons....

This is a photo of me with Philip and Trix Wollen, of the Winsome Constance Kindness Trust.

Sir David Attenborough (United Kingdom)

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Peter Singer @petersinger.info · 2d

The award comes with a cash prize, which I will be donating to effective charities working to reduce suffering and improve lives—both human and nonhuman.

My thanks to The Kindness Trust for their thoughtful recognition of the importance of expanding our circle of moral concern.

Kindness Medal — Winsome Constance Kindness

Sir David Attenborough (United Kingdom)

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Peter Singer @petersinger.info · 2d

I’m honoured to have been awarded the Winsome Constance Kindness Medal by The Kindness Trust, which recognises individuals who have contributed to a kinder world for people and animals.

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Peter Singer @petersinger.info · 3d

Tune in to the podcast now on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or your preferred platform.

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Philosophy Podcast · Lives Well Lived is hosted by Peter Singer & Kasia de Lazari Radek. Episodes consist of interviews with remarkable guests who have lived well, both in the sense of living an…

New Podcast Release: Christine Webb

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Peter Singer @petersinger.info · 3d

Christine also reflects on her book The Arrogant Ape, the idea that animals have culture and intelligence in forms we often overlook, and why rethinking our place in the living world matters for both animals and humans.

You can read a summary of our conversation on my Substack here:

In the latest episode of Lives Well Lived, the podcast I co-host with Kasia de Lazari-Radek, we speak with primatologist and author Christine Webb.

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Peter Singer @petersinger.info · 3d

We discuss her time in the Namib Desert with a baboon named Bear, an experience that changed her understanding of animal minds, her path into primatology, and the ethical conflicts she faced working in a Columbia University lab where monkeys lived in cages.

New Podcast Release: Christine Webb

In the latest episode of Lives Well Lived, the podcast I co-host with Kasia de Lazari-Radek, we speak with primatologist and author Christine Webb.

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Peter Singer @petersinger.info · 3d

In the latest episode of Lives Well Lived, Kasia and I speak with primatologist and author Christine Webb about her encounters with primates and the challenge of unlearning human exceptionalism.

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Peter Singer @petersinger.info · 3d

It’s better for animals, for people, and for the planet

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Peter Singer @petersinger.info · 3d

Factory farming also worsens climate change and increases the risk of future pandemics, as we saw with swine flu before COVID-19.

The solution is clear: we should end factory farming. Each of us can play a part by avoiding animal products and choosing plant-based diets.

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Peter Singer @petersinger.info · 3d

Factory farming isn’t necessary to feed the world. It actually reduces the food available to humans. We feed grain and soy to animals, but much of it is lost keeping their bodies warm or building body parts we don’t eat.

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Peter Singer @petersinger.info · 4d

Listen to the full conversation on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or your preferred platform.

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Philosophy Podcast · Lives Well Lived is hosted by Peter Singer & Kasia de Lazari Radek. Episodes consist of interviews with remarkable guests who have lived well, both in the sense of living an…

Christine Webb on the Theory of Mind

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Peter Singer @petersinger.info · 4d

On “Lives Well Lived”, Christine Webb recalls a moment in the Namib Desert with a young baboon named Bear that overturned everything she’d been taught about animals. What she witnessed suggested not just empathy, but a theory of mind directed toward a member of another species.

On “Lives Well Lived”, Christine Webb recalls a moment in the Namib Desert with a young baboon named Bear that overturned everything she’d been taught about animals. What she witnessed suggested not…

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Peter Singer @petersinger.info · 7d

In our new piece for 'Project Syndicate,' Sankalpa Ghose and I explain how this policy shift could save millions of animal lives while advancing more accurate, human-relevant science.

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A Paradigm Shift on Animal Testing

Peter Singer & Sankalpa Ghose welcome recent bipartisan moves by US authorities to phase out a cruel, costly, and ineffective practice.

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Peter Singer @petersinger.info · 7d

Now, both agencies have acknowledged what scientists and ethicists have long argued: animal tests are unreliable, costly, and cruel.

A Paradigm Shift on Animal Testing

Peter Singer & Sankalpa Ghose welcome recent bipartisan moves by US authorities to phase out a cruel, costly, and ineffective practice.

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Peter Singer @petersinger.info · 7d

A major step forward in ending animal testing.

For decades, the US Food and Drug Administration and the National Institutes of Health required animal testing to predict human outcomes for all new drugs.

A Paradigm Shift on Animal Testing

Peter Singer & Sankalpa Ghose welcome recent bipartisan moves by US authorities to phase out a cruel, costly, and ineffective practice.

www.project-syndicate.org

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Peter Singer @petersinger.info · 7d

Listen on Apple Podcasts: bit.ly/4fAOHbj
Listen on Spotify: bit.ly/4edwzDU

Philosophy Podcast · Lives Well Lived is hosted by Peter Singer & Kasia de Lazari Radek. Episodes consist of interviews with remarkable guests who have lived well, both in the sense of living an…

Peter Singer @petersinger.info · 7d

the pressure to see it as a necessary step in her career, and the realisation that meaningful research could be done in the wild without such deprivation.

Listen to the full conversation on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or your preferred platform.

Philosophy Podcast · Lives Well Lived is hosted by Peter Singer & Kasia de Lazari Radek. Episodes consist of interviews with remarkable guests who have lived well, both in the sense of living an…

Animal Liberation Lecture at the University of the Philippines

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Peter Singer @petersinger.info · 7d

In our latest episode of “Lives Well Lived,” Christine Webb, author of the just-released book The Arrogant, recalls her time in a Columbia University primate lab, where monkeys lived alone in cages, never going outside. She describes the deep discomfort she felt working in those conditions,...

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Peter Singer @petersinger.info · 10d

I cover speciesism, equal consideration, the realities of factory farming, new science on animal sentience, and why shifting to plant-based diets is an urgent ethical priority.

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Fifty years ago, I published Animal Liberation. In this lecture at the University of the Philippines, I look back at how the animal liberation movement began, what has changed since 1975, and the…

Animal Liberation Lecture at the University of the Philippines

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Peter Singer @petersinger.info · 10d

Fifty years after publishing Animal Liberation, I spoke at the University of the Philippines about how the movement began, what has changed, and the challenges ahead.

Fifty years ago, I published Animal Liberation. In this lecture at the University of the Philippines, I look back at how the animal liberation movement began, what has changed since 1975, and the…