#633 - Peter Singer - Are You An Evil Person For Eating Meat?

Modern Wisdom

Chris Williamson

Society & Culture, Health & Fitness

4.7 • 4.6K Ratings

🗓️ 27 May 2023

⏱️ 75 minutes

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Peter Singer is a philosopher, creator of the ethical veganism movement, bioethicist, Princeton University professor, and author. Do animals possess the capacity to suffer? And if they do, does that mean there is a moral case to ensure that we reduce their suffering as much as possible? Thankfully, the ethical case for animal welfare is much more interesting and reasonable than protestors throwing pigs blood over your Canada Goose coat. Expect to learn just how much progress humans have made in improving animal welfare, which species actually have the greatest capacity for suffering, whether it's possible to do "ethical" meat farming, how to harmonise ecosystem preservation with hunting practices, Peter’s perspective on the current vegan movement & why it hasn’t gained global momentum, whether humans are ethically obliged to consume as few calories as possible, whether we need to be worried about AI agents' capacity to suffer and much more... Sponsors: Get 20% discount & free shipping on your Lawnmower 4.0 at https://manscaped.com/modernwisdom (use code MODERNWISDOM) Get 5 Free Travel Packs, Free Liquid Vitamin D and more from Athletic Greens at https://athleticgreens.com/modernwisdom (discount automatically applied) Get 20% discount on House Of Macadamias’ nuts at https://houseofmacadamias.com/modernwisdom (use code MW20) Extra Stuff: Buy Animal Liberation Now - https://amzn.to/3BTculn Get my free Reading List of 100 books to read before you die → https://chriswillx.com/books/ To support me on Patreon (thank you): https://www.patreon.com/modernwisdom - Get in touch. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chriswillx Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/chriswillx YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/modernwisdompodcast Email: https://chriswillx.com/contact/

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0:00.0	Hello everybody, welcome back to the show. My guest today is Peter Singer. He's a philosopher,
0:05.7	creator of the Ethical Veganism Movement, a bioethicist, Princeton University professor,
0:10.9	and an author. Do animals possess the capacity to suffer? And if they do, does that mean that there
0:17.7	is a moral case to ensure that we reduce their suffering as much as possible? Thankfully,
0:22.8	the ethical case for animal welfare is much more interesting and reasonable than protesters throwing
0:28.3	pigs blood over your Canada goose coat would have you believe. Expect to learn just how much
0:33.7	progress humans have made in improving animal welfare, which species actually have the greatest
0:39.0	capacity for suffering, whether it's possible to do ethical meat farming, how to harmonise
0:43.9	ecosystem preservation with hunting practices, Peter's perspective on the current vegan movement,
0:48.9	and why it hasn't gained global momentum, whether humans are ethically obliged to consume as few
0:54.7	calories as possible, whether we need to be worried about AI agents capacity to suffer, and much more.
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