Philosopher Peter Singer's work focuses on "effective altruism" — how to do the most good to make the world a better place. He argues effective giving involves balancing empathy with reason. Peter ...

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In 1971, the philosophy department at Oxford University was confronted with an unusual student. One of the few vegetarians on campus, Peter Singer staged alarming demonstrations with papier-mâché ...

Australian philosopher Peter Singer says that the effective altruism (EA) movement is "alive and well" after FTX founder and EA supporter Sam Bankman-Fried’s downfall, a new piece from Big Think ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. In a Princeton University lecture hall one morning last December, Peter Singer, one ...