====== Peter Singer ======

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**Peter David Albert Singer** is an [[australia|Australian]] moral philosopher based at [[Princeton University]]. He is described as a "radical [[utilitarianism|utilitarian]]" in his beliefs and academic work.

He is editor of the [[Journal of Controversial Ideas]], a forum for academics to publish peer-reviewed articles under a pseudonym.((//Editorial Board.// Journal of Controversial Ideas. Retrieved November 9, 2021, from https://archive.vn/zgZmm)) He is also a regular contributor to [[Project Syndicate]] and [[The Conversation]],((Singer, P., & Kissling, F. (2017, August 4). //Rethinking the Population Taboo.// Project Syndicate. https://archive.vn/thCjz)) ((//Peter Singer.// The Conversation. Retrieved December 16, 2022, from https://theconversation.com/profiles/peter-singer-2863)) and is represented by the [[HarperCollins Speakers Bureau]].((//Peter Singer.// HarperCollins Speakers Bureau. Retrieved December 16, 2022, from https://web.archive.org/web/20221216075112/https://www.harpercollinsspeakersbureau.com/speaker/peter-singer/))

Singer is President of [[Animal Rights International]], a Vice-President of the [[Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals]], a member of the Leadership Council of [[Oxfam America]], and a member of the Advisory Board of [[GiveWell]].((//Peter Singer.// Psychology Today Canada. Retrieved December 16, 2022, from https://archive.vn/cYiym))

===== History =====

==== Family ====

Singer's maternal grandfather [[David Oppenheim]] was a contemporary of [[Sigmund Freud]] and perished in the [[Theresienstadt]] concentration camp, unable to join family who had fled to [[Australia]].

==== Career ====

In April 1973, Singer's article titled "Animal Liberation" was published in the //New York Review//.((//Peter Singer: Animal Liberation.// (1973, April 5). New York Review of Books. https://archive.vn/XSuhk)) He acted as a fellow at the [[Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars]] from May-December 1979.((//Peter Singer CV.// (2022). Peter Singer. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5950e846c534a573ac225a22/t/636b84149adbea3c492d80ee/1667990550785/CV+09+November+2022.pdf))

He was appointed Professor of Bioethics at [[Princeton University]] in 1999. Starting in 2001, Singer began contributing to [[Project Syndicate]].

Singer left the [[United States]] in 2019, continuing to teach his students online.

===== Ideology =====

Singer is considered "controversial" for his arguments in support of active [[euthanasia]], sparking "notorious" debate.((Pauer-Studer, H. (1993). //Peter Singer on euthanasia.// The Monist, 76(2), 135–157. https://www.jstor.org/stable/27903330)) He advocates for [[infanticide]] in certain circumstances, such as in the case of parents choosing to end the life of a child with a disability.((Henderson, R. (2021, July 30). //How philosopher Peter Singer came to appreciate billionaires.// Australian Financial Review. https://archive.vn/xZQcA)) He strongly advocates for [[vegetarianism]]. [[Diane Coleman]], the head of [[Not Dead Yet]], once called him “the most dangerous man on Earth”.

==== Effective altruism ====

Singer is cited as the originator of [[effective altruism]], and is credited for turning [[Bill Gates]], [[Warren Buffett]] and [[Nicholas Berggruen]] onto the approach to philanthropy.

==== Population control ====

In 2017, Singer co-authored an article on the topic of [[population control]].((Singer, P., & Kissling, F. (2017, August 4). //Rethinking the Population Taboo.// Project Syndicate. https://archive.vn/thCjz))

==== COVID-19 ====

Singer criticized [[Australia]]'s government for relying too heavily on the [[pharmaceutical_companies:AstraZeneca]] [[COVID-19 vaccines|COVID-19 vaccine]] product, and for failing to build enough quarantine facilities such as the [[Howard Springs]] mandatory supervised quarantine facility in [[australia:new_south_wales:Darwin]], [[australia:New South Wales]].((//Howard Springs quarantine facility.// AECOM. Retrieved December 6, 2021, from https://archive.vn/QzWzM))

===== External links =====

  * [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Singer|Wikipedia]]
  * [[https://wikispooks.com/wiki/Peter_Singer|Wikispooks]]