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Peter Singer @petersinger.info · 01/10/2026

One unexpected consequence of the drowning-child thought experiment: it has kept artists supplied with material for decades. I’m glad to see utilitarianism contributing to the artistic economy. Artist: @smbccomics #PeterSinger #DrowningChild #Philosophy #Ethics #Comics

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Peter Singer @petersinger.info · 01/10/2026

This 27-minute documentary is worth watching for anyone interested in global health, effective altruism, and the consequences of decisions about where we choose to direct our resources. www.youtube.com/watch?v=BJYf... #PeterSinger #GivingWhatWeCan #Malaria #GlobalHealth #EffectiveAltruism

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The Deadliest Decision You've Never Heard of

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Peter Singer @petersinger.info · 01/10/2026

The film is a reminder that history is shaped not only by breakthroughs, but also by the moments when we choose not to act. And that is why this is not really a story about 1955. It is a story about the choices we are still making now.

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Peter Singer @petersinger.info · 01/10/2026

Malaria is not an unsolved problem in the ordinary sense. We have effective solutions, we have organisations capable of delivering them on a large scale, and we know that relatively modest resources can save lives affected by malaria. But that knowledge alone is not enough.

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Peter Singer @petersinger.info · 01/10/2026

Watching “The Deadliest Decision You’ve Never Heard Of”, a short film produced by Giving What We Can, I kept coming back to one thought: we already know a lot about how to prevent malaria, and yet far too many children still die from it.

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The Deadliest Decision You've Never Heard of

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Peter Singer @petersinger.info · 28/09/2026

From One World: The Ethics of Globalization (Yale University Press, 2002) #PeterSinger #Ethics #Philosophy #Morality

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Peter Singer @petersinger.info · 27/09/2026

In this excerpt from my conversation with Rich Roll, we discuss why, once our own needs are met, giving can be more rewarding than spending. Watch the full conversation: www.youtube.com/watch?v=arQb...

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Live A BETTER & More ETHICAL Life w/ Philosopher Peter Singer | Rich Roll Podcast

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Peter Singer @petersinger.info · 27/09/2026

When I received the $1 million Berggruen Prize, I gave it away: half to effective charities helping people in extreme poverty, and half to organisations working to reduce animal suffering, especially factory farming.

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Peter Singer @petersinger.info · 26/09/2026

This session is open to anyone interested in philanthropy, leadership, impact, and the question of what companies could do with their profits. 30 September 09:00–10:15 CEST / 5:00–6:15pm AEST Register for free: luma.com/fnqst5xm

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Peter Singer @petersinger.info · 25/09/2026

Listen to the full conversation 🎧 Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/de/podcast/l... Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/07qG... #PeterSinger #RyanHoliday #LivesWellLived #Trump #Philosophy

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Peter Singer @petersinger.info · 23/09/2026

I’m sharing what happened because I suspect this problem will only become more difficult as search, social media and AI increasingly shape what people come to believe. Swipe through for the full story. #PeterSinger #Misinformation #Journalism #AI #Gaza

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Peter Singer @petersinger.info · 22/09/2026

If you believe pigs should not spend up to 60 seconds conscious, in extreme pain in a CO₂ chamber, add your name to the petition right now. No matter where you live, you can sign the petition called “URGE DEFRA TO CONSULT ON CO₂ SLAUGHTER FOR PIGS” by CIWF. action.ciwf.org.uk/page/194950/...

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Call on the Government to consult on CO2 slaughter

Join me in supporting better standards for the UK’s pig slaughter by urging Defra to release the consultation on CO2 slaughter for pigs.

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Peter Singer @petersinger.info · 22/09/2026

The UK Government’s own Animal Welfare Committee says the method causes conscious pigs pain, respiratory distress and fear, visible through gasping, vocalisations and attempts to escape. For how much longer will millions of sentient animals have to endure a method that causes avoidable suffering?

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Peter Singer @petersinger.info · 22/09/2026

This is what happens to around 9 million pigs in the UK every year. That’s over 25,000 intelligent, sentient creatures dying in this horrific way every day.

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Peter Singer @petersinger.info · 22/09/2026

Imagine being lowered into a gas chamber while fully conscious. The gas causes pain as it dissolves into the moist tissues of your eyes, nose, mouth and lungs. Breathing becomes extremely painful. And you may remain conscious for up to 60 seconds before finally blacking out.

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Peter Singer @petersinger.info · 22/09/2026

“Happiness, Money, and Giving It Away,” from Ethics in the Real World (Princeton University Press, 2016) #PeterSinger #Ethics #Philosophy #EffectiveAltruism #Giving

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Peter Singer @petersinger.info · 19/09/2026

Billions of animals are confined, mutilated, and killed because their suffering is treated as less important than our taste. In this interview with @bigthink.com, I argue that species membership is not what makes suffering matter. #PeterSinger #BigThink #Philosophy #FactoryFarming #AI

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Peter Singer @petersinger.info · 18/09/2026

Listen to the full conversation 🎧 Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/de/podcast/l... Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/3XOw...

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raising children in the AI era with DANA SUSKIND

Podcast Episode · Lives Well Lived · 17 September · 44min

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Peter Singer @petersinger.info · 18/09/2026

If children grow up interacting with AI companions, how might that shape the way they understand relationships? In this episode of Lives Well Lived, we speak with Dana Suskind, pediatric surgeon and author of Human Raised. #PeterSinger #DanaSuskind #Podcast #AI #Parenting

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Peter Singer @petersinger.info · 17/09/2026

In this episode of Lives Well Lived, we speak with physicist and philosopher @seanmcarroll.bsky.social about the many-worlds interpretation of quantum mechanics, the mystery of consciousness, whether morality is constructed, and how we create meaning in a universe without an objective purpose.

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Peter Singer @petersinger.info · 16/09/2026

9 in 10 children in the world’s poorest countries cannot read this sentence. In my new Substack issue, I look at why the global education crisis is not quite the crisis many of us think it is, and why some solutions are remarkably effective. #PeterSinger #Education #GlobalPoverty

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Peter Singer @petersinger.info · 15/09/2026

In this excerpt from my conversation with Jack Symes, we discuss chickens, factory farming, and what our appetite for cheap meat asks us to ignore. Watch the full conversation, “Is Eating Animals (Always) Wrong?”, on YouTube. Videos: @weanimals.bsky.social

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Peter Singer @petersinger.info · 14/09/2026

"Capitalism is still the most productive economic system that ever existed", The Guardian, 2026. #PeterSinger #Capitalism #EconomicJustice #Ethics #Philosophy

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Peter Singer @petersinger.info · 12/09/2026

In this excerpt from my conversation with @richroll.bsky.social, we discuss the ethics of radically extending human life. Watch the full conversation on The Rich Roll Podcast: www.youtube.com/watch?v=arQb... #PeterSinger #RichRoll #Longevity #ClimateChange #Philosophy

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Peter Singer @petersinger.info · 11/09/2026

For the August/September issue of Forbes Australia, I was invited to answer The Last Word, a series of questions that range from the serious to the personal. Thank you to Forbes Australia and Sarah O’Carroll for the feature. #PeterSinger #ForbesAustralia #Philosophy #Ethics #EffectiveAltruism

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Sean Carroll @seanmcarroll.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Lives Well Lived: I hop on Peter Singer's podcast, co-hosted with Kasia de Lazari Radek. Rarely has a single podcast episode divided its time so effectively between quantum mechanics and the objectivity of morality. www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8OI...

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The Multiverse with SEAN CARROLL

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Peter Singer @petersinger.info · 08/09/2026

Do we need God in order to have objective reasons for acting morally? I discussed this question with Christian thinker Andy Bannister in a wide-ranging debate about ethics, religion and what gives human life value. Watch the full debate, “Do we need God to be good?”: www.youtube.com/watch?v=JiM8...

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Peter Singer @petersinger.info · 05/09/2026

Listen to the full conversation 🎧 Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/de/podcast/l... Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/07qG...

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modern stoicism with RYAN HOLIDAY

Podcast Episode · Lives Well Lived · 3 September · 54min

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Peter Singer @petersinger.info · 05/09/2026

In this episode of Lives Well Lived, we speak with Ryan Holiday, the best-selling author of several books on Stoicism, about why that philosophy still resonates today, how to respond to adversity, and what remembering that we will die can teach us about presence and gratitude. #Stoicism #Podcast

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Peter Singer @petersinger.info · 22/08/2026

Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/6ZDd... Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/de/podcast/l...

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Peter Singer @petersinger.info · 22/08/2026

In this episode of Lives Well Lived, we speak with @michaelpollan.bsky.social about food and ultra-processed diets, psychedelics and altered states of consciousness, plant sentience, the mystery of consciousness, and whether AI could ever become conscious. Listen to the full conversation 🎧

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Peter Singer @petersinger.info · 21/08/2026

Monkeys are imported into the U.S. to be used in experiments. We have a chance to stop this. If you are in the U.S., please tell your representative to support the PRIMATE Act. @peta.org has made it easy to act: support.peta.org/page/96444/a... #primates #animalwelfare #petition

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Peter Singer @petersinger.info · 10/08/2026

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Peter Singer @petersinger.info · 31/07/2026

“Living and Dying with Peter Singer,” Psychology Today, 1999. #PeterSinger #Ethics #Philosophy #Empathy #Indifference

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Peter Singer @petersinger.info · 30/07/2026

In this special episode of Lives Well Lived, I am the guest on my own show. Recorded shortly after my 80th birthday, Kasia and I discuss how my ideas have changed, whether philosophy can help us live better, and what moral progress requires from us now. 🎧 Listen to the full episode, link in bio.

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Peter Singer @petersinger.info · 27/07/2026

Seven chimpanzees are confined at the roadside zoo in Michigan. @nonhumanrights.bsky.social is calling for them to be transferred to an accredited sanctuary. Sign the petition calling for the freedom of the DeYoung Prisoners: action.nonhumanrights.org/a/dfz-petition

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Petition to free the DeYoung Family Zoo chimpanzees to a sanctuary

Sign the petition to free the DeYoung Family Zoo chimpanzees to a sanctuary. #FreeTheDeYoungPrisoners

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Peter Singer @petersinger.info · 23/07/2026

“The Singer Solution to World Poverty” from Famine, Affluence, and Morality (Oxford University Press, 2016). #PeterSinger #Ethics #Philosophy #EffectiveGiving #EffectiveAltruism

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Peter Singer @petersinger.info · 21/07/2026

From The Expanding Circle: Ethics, Evolution, and Moral Progress (Princeton University Press, 2011). #PeterSinger #Ethics #Philosophy #Patriotism #Patriot

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Peter Singer @petersinger.info · 15/07/2026

From Practical Ethics, 2nd ed. (Cambridge University Press, 1993), appendix, “On Being Silenced in Germany”. #PeterSinger #Ethics #Philosophy #FreeSpeech #FreePress

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Peter Singer @petersinger.info · 10/07/2026

Can social media make kindness, veganism, and animal advocacy more popular? In this episode of Lives Well Lived, we talk with Amy Aela. Listen to the full conversation 🎧 Link in bio. #PeterSinger #AmyAela #LivesWellLived #Podcast #Veganism

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