Peter Singer

Peter Singer is an Australian moral philosopher based at Princeton University. He is described as a “radical utilitarian” in his beliefs and academic work.

He is editor of the Journal of Controversial Ideas.¹⁾

In April 1973, Singer's article titled “Animal Liberation” was published in the New York Review.²⁾ He was appointed Professor of Bioethics at Princeton University in 1999.

Singer is considered “controversial” for his arguments in support of active euthanasia, sparking “notorious” debate.³⁾ 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.⁴⁾ He strongly advocates for vegetarianism. Diane Coleman, the head of Not Dead Yet, once called him “the most dangerous man on Earth”.

Singer criticized Australia's government for relying too heavily on the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine product, and for failing to build enough quarantine facilities such as the Howard Springs mandatory supervised quarantine facility in Darwin, New South Wales.⁵⁾

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