Peter Singer
@PeterSinger
Author: Animal Liberation Now, Ethics in the Real World, The Most Good You Can Do, The Life You Can Save.
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Another thought-provoking article is 'Zoophilia Is Morally Permissible' by Fira Bensto (pseudonym), which is just out in the current issue of Journal of Controversial Ideas.
This piece challenges one of society's strongest taboos and argues for the moral permissibility of some forms of sexual…
New article from the Journal of Controversial Ideas: 'Sex and Sexual Orientation, Gender and Sexual Preference' by Raja Halwani.
Halwani challenges some currently fashionable views about sex, gender, and sexual orientation. This is a thought-provoking read that re-examines the foundations of our…
New in the Journal of Controversial Ideas: Pamela L. Caughie's 'The Word That Dare Not Speak Its Name.'
You can guess what that word might be. Caughie draws on her own experience to tackle the impact of censorship, both self-censorship and other restrictions on the words we use. She questions how…
If there was ever a consensus that 'brain death' is death, it no longer exists, write Peter Singer of Princeton University and Charlie Camosy of Creighton University School of Medicine. bit.ly/40neY6Q
The latest issue of the Journal of Controversial Ideas (Volume 3, Issue 2, October 2023) is out now.
The issue covers a wide range of topics: from “white empiricism” in physics to the ethics of zoophilia, and from the canon in classical music to sexual orientation and identity politics. Our…
Here is my latest essay published in the The Washington Post: washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/…
Use of the cessation of all brain function as a criterion of death has long seemed a settled issue, but the Uniform Law Commission recently started discussing changes to the laws that were adopted,…