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Peter Singer

1946 - Today

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Peter Albert David Singer (born 6 July 1946) is an Australian moral philosopher who is Emeritus Ira W. DeCamp Professor of Bioethics at Princeton University. Singer's work specialises in applied ethics, approaching the subject from a secular, utilitarian perspective. He wrote the book Animal Liberation (1975), in which he argues for vegetarianism, and the essay "Famine, Affluence, and Morality", which argues the moral imperative of donating to help the poor around the world. For most of his career, he was a preference utilitarian. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Peter Singer is the 357th most popular philosopher (up from 389th in 2019), the 33rd most popular biography from Australia (down from 28th in 2019) and the most popular Australian Philosopher.

Peter Singer is most famous for his book Animal Liberation, which argues that the interests of animals should be considered equal to those of humans.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Peter Singer ranks 357 out of 1,267. Before him are Aristoxenus, Robert Nozick, Hermann Cohen, Günther Anders, René Girard, and Otto Neurath. After him are Abul A'la Maududi, Nasir Khusraw, John Philoponus, George Santayana, Fukuzawa Yukichi, and Julius Caesar Scaliger.

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Among people born in 1946, Peter Singer ranks 88. Before him are Paul L. Modrich, Rade Šerbedžija, Berti Vogts, Marilyn vos Savant, Uri Geller, and Sabine Bergmann-Pohl. After him are Xanana Gusmão, Daniel Goleman, Chris Slade, Julian Barnes, Gilbert O'Sullivan, and Gerard 't Hooft.

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In Australia

Among people born in Australia, Peter Singer ranks 33 out of 1,143. Before him are Evonne Goolagong Cawley (1951), Robin Warren (1937), Elton Mayo (1880), Mara (null), Hugh Jackman (1968), and Colleen McCullough (1937). After him are V. Gordon Childe (1892), Howard Florey (1898), Lisa Gerrard (1961), Peter Weir (1944), Steve Irwin (1962), and Johnny Logan (1954).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Australia

Among philosophers born in Australia, Peter Singer ranks 1. After him are Samuel Alexander (1859), J. L. Mackie (1917), David Chalmers (1966), John Finnis (1940), and David Malet Armstrong (1926).

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