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Peter SINGER

Ira W. DeCamp Professor of Bioethics, Emeritus, Princeton University / Author of 『Ethics in the Real World』, 『The Most Good You Can Do』, 『Animal Liberation』, and 『Why Vegan?』

Peter SINGER
Times of the Remarks 2024. 11. 12. 16:50-17:20
Title Why This Pivotal Century Needs an Expansion of our Ethical Horizons

Journalists have bestowed the tag of "world's most influential living philosopher" on Peter Singer. He was born in Melbourne, Australia, in 1946, and educated at the University of Melbourne and the University of Oxford. After teaching at Oxford, New York University, and La Trobe University he spent 22 years at Monash University, where he founded the Centre for Human Bioethics. In 1999 he was appointed Ira W. DeCamp Professor of Bioethics in the University Center for Human Values at Princeton University, a position he held until his retirement, and return to Melbourne, in 2024. Princeton University then bestowed on him the title of Ira W. DeCamp Professor of Bioethics, Emeritus.
Singer first became well-known internationally after the publication of Animal Liberation in 1975. Some of his other books are: Practical Ethics, The Expanding Circle, Rethinking Life and Death, Pushing Time Away, The Life You Can Save, The Most Good You Can Do, The Point of View of the Universe (co-authored with Katarzyna de Lazari-Radek), Ethics in the Real World, Why Vegan?, Animal Liberation Now, and, most recently, The Buddhist and the Ethicist.


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Why This Pivotal Century Needs an Expansion of our Ethical Horizons

In the 21st century, the leaders of the present generation, and the leaders to come of the next generation, will determine the fate of our species - including, perhaps, whether there will even be humans in future centuries, and if there are, how hospitable the planet will be, not only to our species, but to all other species on this planet as well. Because of this truly awesome responsibility, we face more demanding ethical choices than any previous generation - choices about everyday living, such as how we generate our energy, and what we eat. It is as if friends have asked us to look after their house while we are away: will we throw a huge party, not caring if the house gets wrecked, or will we be responsible stewards, taking care to return the house to our friends in a condition as good as, or better than, the one in which we received it? In the real world, the “friends” include not only the next generation, but all future generations, and not only humans, but all sentient beings. That is why our ethics must expand to include all those affected by our choices.

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