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In Astra Taylor’s 2008 documentary Examined Life, the philosopher Peter Singer paces a stretch of Fifth Avenue plastered with the marquees of designer brands. “There are people who have the money to ...

It’s been 50 years since Peter Singer, Professor of Bioethics at Princeton University’s Center for Human Values, wrote his essay “Famine, Affluence, and Morality,” arguing that the affluent ought to ...

I remember the first time I met Peter Singer. It was in 1974. He was a polite, affable Australian with curly brown hair, glasses and a plastic belt. Little did I know that behind his refusal to wear ...