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Peter Singer @petersinger.info · 2d

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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Animal Liberation Lecture at the University of the Philippines

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…

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Peter Singer @petersinger.info · 2d

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.

Animal Liberation Lecture at the University of the Philippines

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…

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Peter Singer @petersinger.info · 5d

Suzi, my Media Director, & I were both fortunate to know Jane in different ways, and she changed each of us. It feels right to honour her together, because her life led us both to the same conviction: that change is possible, and necessary.

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Remembering Jane Goodall

The world has lost Dr Jane Goodall.

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Peter Singer @petersinger.info · 5d

The world has lost Dr Jane Goodall. At 91, she was still travelling, still speaking, still urging us to preserve the environment and protect the chimpanzees who first brought her to the world’s attention. Her death is a loss not only to those who knew her but to the world as a whole.

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Peter Singer @petersinger.info · 6d

In tribute, we are re-releasing that conversation today.

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Lives Well Lived

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…

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Peter Singer @petersinger.info · 6d

Kasia and I had the privilege of meeting her at her home in Bournemouth, where we recorded one of the few Lives Well Lived interviews we did in person. She had just turned 90, and was about to embark on a demanding world tour to visit the 25 Jane Goodall Institutes across the globe.

Lives Well Lived

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…

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Peter Singer @petersinger.info · 6d

It was exciting to see animals recognised as individuals with personalities, able to think, solve problems, use tools, and plan ahead.

I was also honoured when Jane later credited Animal Liberation with persuading her to become vegetarian, and later vegan.

Lives Well Lived

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…

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Peter Singer @petersinger.info · 6d

Today we received the sad news that Jane Goodall has died at the age of 91.

Jane was the greatest of all primatologists, and her death is a loss not only for those who knew her, but for the world. I remember the impact her book In the Shadow of Man had on me when I first read it in 1971.

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Peter Singer @petersinger.info · 7d

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Peter Singer @petersinger.info · 7d

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This #WorldFarmAnimalsDay, let's change that. For less than a dollar, you can help free a hen, and your donation gets a 50% boost all week long. With your help, we can free 100,000 hens.

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Peter Singer @petersinger.info · 10d

Listen to our full conversation on “Lives Well Lived” streaming now on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or your preferred platform.

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Lives Well Lived

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…

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Peter Singer @petersinger.info · 10d

Before entering politics, Barry Jones became a star of the 1960s quiz show Pick a Box, rarely getting an answer wrong. His curiosity was shaped by childhood memories of the Depression and a conviction that “everything was related to everything else.”

Barry Jones on being a quiz champion

Before entering politics, Barry Jones became a star of the 1960s quiz show Pick a Box, rarely getting an answer wrong. His curiosity was shaped by childhood memories of the Depression and a…

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Peter Singer @petersinger.info · 13d

Animals can suffer and feel pain. Their interests should count. That’s why I believe the real moral issue is not simply killing, but the way we treat them and the suffering we impose.

Credit: William Crawley Meets…, 2007

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Peter Singer @petersinger.info · 13d

When I first became vegetarian, it wasn’t because I thought killing animals was always wrong. It was because I learned about factory farming and the immense suffering we inflict on sentient beings when we raise and slaughter them for food.

There are differences in the wrongness of killing

When I first became vegetarian, it wasn’t because I thought killing animals was always wrong. It was because I learned about factory farming and the immense suffering we inflict on sentient beings…

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Peter Singer @petersinger.info · 13d

Hear our full conversation on “Lives Well Lived”, available now on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or your preferred platform.

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

Lives Well Lived

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…

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Peter Singer @petersinger.info · 13d

Barry Jones made his mark as a politician by helping to end the death penalty in Australia - an issue he had cared about since childhood. He describes that fight as his most emotionally satisfying achievement.

Barry Jones on the Death Penalty

Barry Jones made his mark as a politician by helping to end the death penalty in Australia - an issue he had cared about since childhood. He describes that fight as his most emotionally satisfying…

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Peter Singer @petersinger.info · 16d

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

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Lives Well Lived

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…

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Peter Singer @petersinger.info · 16d

Martha also reflects on ageing, love, and sexuality in older women, as well as how the capabilities approach applies to both humans and animals.
You can read a summary of our conversation on my Substack here: boldreasoningwithpetersinger.substack.com/p/new-podcas...

New Podcast Release: Martha Nussbaum

In the latest episode of Lives Well Lived, the podcast I co-host with Kasia de Lazari-Radek, we speak with philosopher Martha Nussbaum.

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Peter Singer @petersinger.info · 16d

We discuss the limits of Stoicism, how she coped with the loss of her daughter by writing an important book, Justice for Animals, that develops and continues ideas she shared with her daughter.

New Podcast Release: Martha Nussbaum

In the latest episode of Lives Well Lived, the podcast I co-host with Kasia de Lazari-Radek, we speak with philosopher Martha Nussbaum.

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Peter Singer @petersinger.info · 16d

In the latest episode of “Lives Well Lived”, Kasia and I speak with philosopher Martha Nussbaum about fragility, love, justice, and the search for a good life.

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Peter Singer @petersinger.info · 16d

We explore how reason and emotion must work together if we are to act ethically.

Listen to the full episode on Apple Podcasts or Spotify.

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Lives Well Lived

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…

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Peter Singer @petersinger.info · 16d

In our conversation on “Lives Well Lived”, Martha Nussbaum argues that emotions are forms of cognition, ways of recognising what matters, but that society often warps them. One damaging example is the belief that we must always strike back when wronged, as if retaliation could undo harm.

Martha Nussbaum on Moral Truth

In our conversation on “Lives Well Lived”, Martha Nussbaum argues that emotions are forms of cognition, ways of recognising what matters, but that society often warps them. One damaging example is…

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Peter Singer @petersinger.info · 20d

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

Listen on Apple Podcasts: bit.ly/4fAOHbj

Listen on Spotify: bit.ly/4edwzDU

Lives Well Lived

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…

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Peter Singer @petersinger.info · 20d

We discuss how the capabilities approach can be extended to non-human animals, and whether humans are justified in intervening to relieve suffering in the wild.

Lives Well Lived

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…

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Peter Singer @petersinger.info · 20d

Factory farming is indefensible. Animals deserve more than freedom from pain. They deserve the chance to flourish according to their own ways of life. That’s what Martha Nussbaum claims, in our conversation on “Lives Well Lived.”

Martha Nussbaum on Animal Interventions

Factory farming is indefensible. Animals deserve more than freedom from pain. They deserve the chance to flourish according to their own ways of life. That’s what Martha Nussbaum claims, in our…

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