Peter Singer pretty much launched the animal rights and animal welfare movements in 1975 with the publication of Animal Liberation. Forty-eight years later, he's got a revised edition coming out: Animal Liberation Now, featuring an introduction by historian and Sapiens author Yuval Noah Harari.
We talked about:
- How philosophy can be a force for good in the world.
- The difference between decency and ethics.
- How to balance reason, emotion, and religion.
- The possibility of disagreeing while remaining respectful (and even friendly).
- How Singer began his journey of philosophical inquiry into humanity's (mis)treatment of billions of animals every year.
Links
Animal Liberation Now: The Definitive Classic Renewed, by Peter Singer
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On What Matters, by Derek Parfit (volumes 1 and 2)
Ethics in the Real World, by Peter Singer