How can we live an ethical life?

The Documentary Podcast

BBC

Society & Culture, Documentary, Personal Journals

4.3 • 2.6K Ratings

🗓️ 22 May 2022

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

Is it unethical to eat animals? Can you be a good person if you have spare money and don’t give any of it to charity? What is the moral response to the war in Ukraine? Nuala McGovern is in Los Angeles to talk to Australian Philosopher and Berggruen Prize winner Prof Peter Singer, who has spent his career grappling with these difficult questions. He’s been described as the world’s most influential philosopher and, on one occasion, as the world’s most dangerous man.

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0:00.0	What goes into making the business daily podcasts from the BBC World Service?
0:04.8	Well first we take a cup full of business news. Naturally.
0:08.0	Then we add a healthy measure of technology.
0:10.0	Mmm. Along with a pinch of exciting innovation.
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0:23.0	You're listening to the BBC World Service. I'm Nulam Agavaran.
0:27.0	I'm a long way from the BBC studio. I'm at the Bergrouin Prize Gala event in Los Angeles.
0:33.0	Hosted at the Hurst Estate in the exclusive neighborhood of Beverly Hills.
0:38.0	The estate is one of the most significant addresses in LA.
0:42.0	It was once owned by the newspaper barren William Randolph Hurst, the US President,
0:47.0	John F. Kennedy, he honeymooned here. And music industry royalty, Adela and Beyonce have both visited.
0:53.0	Guests are arriving for the Gala and it's going to be attended by Hollywood heavyweights,
0:58.0	philanthropists, philosophers and scientists.
1:01.0	The fountains are flowing you might hear. The flowers are out. The tables are set as we wait for the evening to begin.
1:10.0	But these opulent surroundings are a contrast to the ideals of the man that I'm here to meet this evening.
1:16.0	Australian philosopher Peter Singer.
1:19.0	Who amongst his other ideas advocates living a simple life and giving away money to charity.
1:26.0	Professor Singer has been awarded the $1 million for Grouin Prize for Philosophy and Culture.
1:32.0	And I'm talking to him about his influential ideas.
1:37.0	Professor Singer, many congratulations on the Bergrouin Prize.
1:41.0	You're known as the father of the animal rights movement and also for your work in effective altruism,
1:52.0	encouraging people in wealthy countries to donate their income to end global poverty.
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