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Peter Singer Biography
As information about the prison abuse scandal in Iraq continues to be revealed, America is questioning its leadership, its national identity, and its support for a war that has been characterized as a contest between good and evil. In an interview with Bill Moyers, distinguished philosopher and ethicist Peter Singer addresses questions of ethics, morality, and responsibility arising from the Abu Ghraib scandal.
According to the NEW YORKER, "Peter Singer may be the most controversial philosopher alive; he is certainly among the most influential."
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Peter Singer was born in Melbourne, Australia, in 1946, and educated at the University of Melbourne and the University of Oxford. He has taught at the University of Oxford, La Trobe University and Monash University, and has held several other visiting appointments. Since 1999 he has been Ira W. DeCamp Professor of Bioethics in the University Center for Human Values at Princeton University.
Peter Singer was the founding president of the International Association of Bioethics, and with Helga Kuhse, founding co-editor of the journal Bioethics. Outside academic life, is the co-founder and president of The Great Ape Project, an international effort to obtain basic rights for chimpanzees, gorillas and orangutans. He is also president of Animal Rights International.
Peter Singer first became well-known internationally after the publication of ANIMAL LIBERATION. His other books include PRACTICAL ETHICS, THE EXPANDING CIRCLE, THE REPRODUCTION REVOLUTION (with Deane Wells), PUSHING TIME AWAY, and many others. He also co-authored THE GREENS with Bob Brown, founder of the Australian Greens. His works have appeared in 25 languages. He is the author of the major article on ethics in the current edition of the Encylopaedia Britannica. Two collections of his writings have been published: WRITINGS ON AN ETHICAL LIFE, which he edited, and UNSANCTIFYING HUMAN LIFE, edited by Helga Kuhse. Singer's most recent book, THE PRESIDENT OF GOOD AND EVIL: THE ETHICS OF GEORGE W. BUSH, was published in March, 2004.
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