Peter Singer (on moral philosophy)

Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard

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4.6 • 68.3K Ratings

🗓️ 29 June 2023

⏱️ 103 minutes

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Peter Singer (Animal Liberation Now, The Life You Can Save) is a philosopher, professor, and author. Peter joins the Armchair Expert to discuss what the concept of moral relativism is, how philosophy relates to rationality, and what the difference is between being a consequentialist versus a utilitarian. Peter and Dax talk about why ethically raising animals for food is uncommon, whether animals actually feel suffering, and what harm is done to the environment by raising animals on a commercial level. Peter explains why he started doing studies on effective altruism, how people can know if their charitable donations are actually helping people, and why he is drawn to asking questions about controversial ideas. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:00.0	Welcome, welcome to armchair expert expert son, expert, I'm Dan rather, and I'm joined by the Queen of London.
0:08.0	Oh, no, that we can't say that.
0:12.0	Oh, no, we can't say that. Oh no, say that.
0:14.0	Well, if you're the Duchess of Duluth, I don't know.
0:17.0	Do they know your...
0:18.0	Do they know royalty is in town?
0:20.0	No.
0:21.0	Well, I'm really low-key royalty, like I like to be cash.
0:25.0	Ooh, that could be the name of your romantic comedy, low-key royalty.
0:29.0	Oh, it also rhymes.
0:31.0	That's why I thought it might be a good title. Yeah, I noticed it had
0:34.0	rhymed and thought, oh that's a good rhyme com. Wow. Today we have someone who is
0:39.6	regarded pretty universally as the greatest living philosopher.
0:43.4	Peter Singer, he's a philosopher and a practical ethicist.
0:47.6	He is currently a professor at Princeton University,
0:50.9	and he's written several books, one that really changed the landscape of the
0:55.2	animal rights movement called animal liberation that he wrote I think in 75 I
0:59.8	want to say it was the year of my birth. Ding Ding!
1:03.0	And he has a new version of it called Animal Liberation Now.
1:07.0	Yes, here we go.
1:08.0	His updated version of his 1975 best-selling book,
1:12.0	illustrates the biggest challenges of our time and all the intimately
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