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Author: Animal Liberation Now, Ethics in the Real World, The Most Good You Can Do, The Life You Can Save.

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'The Buddhist and the Ethicist' – a dialogue between Venerable Shih Chao-Hwei and myself in which we discuss Buddhist and utilitarian ethical approaches to many different questions. She is an “engaged Buddhist,” who asks how one should address today's ethical challenges, as I do…

'The Buddhist and the Ethicist' – a dialogue between Venerable Shih Chao-Hwei and myself in which we discuss Buddhist and utilitarian ethical approaches to many different questions. She is an “engaged Buddhist,” who asks how one should address today's ethical challenges, as I do…
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Join me at the world's largest ideas and music festival HowTheLightGetsIn Festival! I'll be there alongside Slavoj Žižek Amy Chua Konstantin Kisin Dan Ariely Dr Shini Somara Eva Illouz and Donald Hoffman. With debates, talks, music and comedy: Book now at howthelightgetsin.org/festivals/hay/…

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New in the Journal of Controversial Ideas: 'The Dating Dupe—The Limits of Biosocially Unfriendly Sociology' by Mark Horowitz.

This article challenges a sociological perspective on online dating that neglects the role of biosocial factors in shaping romantic preferences and…

New in the Journal of Controversial Ideas: 'The Dating Dupe—The Limits of Biosocially Unfriendly Sociology' by Mark Horowitz. This article challenges a sociological perspective on online dating that neglects the role of biosocial factors in shaping romantic preferences and…
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Q: You posted an article indicating that sexual intercourse with animals is morally permissible. You've also in the past published a book arguing for veganism.

That being the case, is it your official position that eating animals is not okay but having sex with them is?

A: I…

Q: You posted an article indicating that sexual intercourse with animals is morally permissible. You've also in the past published a book arguing for veganism. That being the case, is it your official position that eating animals is not okay but having sex with them is? A: I…
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New read in the Journal of Controversial Ideas: Feminist Separatism Revisited' by Kate M. Phelan & Holly Lawford-Smith.

This paper provides some nuance in the often-heated debate over women-only spaces, offering a deeper understanding of the issue of whether these spaces should…

New read in the Journal of Controversial Ideas: Feminist Separatism Revisited' by Kate M. Phelan & Holly Lawford-Smith. This paper provides some nuance in the often-heated debate over women-only spaces, offering a deeper understanding of the issue of whether these spaces should…
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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…

Another thought-provoking article is 'Zoophilia Is Morally Permissible' by Fira Bensto (pseudonym), which is just out in the current issue of @JConIdeas. This piece challenges one of society's strongest taboos and argues for the moral permissibility of some forms of sexual…
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Just published: 'Identity, Representation and the Canon in Classical Music' by F. K. Knights in @jconideas.

Knights tackles accusations that classical music is elitist, sexist and racist.

Read more here: journalofcontroversialideas.org/article/3/2/253

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Just published: 'Identity, Representation and the Canon in Classical Music' by F. K. Knights in @jconideas. Knights tackles accusations that classical music is elitist, sexist and racist. Read more here: journalofcontroversialideas.org/article/3/2/253 Art generated by Open AI’s DALL-E.
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Announcing 'THE BUDDHIST AND THE ETHICIST' – a dialogue with Venerable Shih Chao-Hwei. US publication date: December 12. We tackle pressing ethical issues, comparing Buddhist insights with utilitarian thinking.

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Announcing 'THE BUDDHIST AND THE ETHICIST' – a dialogue with Venerable Shih Chao-Hwei. US publication date: December 12. We tackle pressing ethical issues, comparing Buddhist insights with utilitarian thinking. Want updates? Sign up here: petersinger.info/sign-up
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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 article from the @JConIdeas: '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…
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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…

New in the @JConIdeas: 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…
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New in the Journal of Controversial Ideas: Alan Sokal critically examines 'White Empiricism' and claims about the relevance of race and gender to our understanding of physics.

Sokal subjects a very widely-cited article on this theme to a critical examination that has, so…

New in the Journal of Controversial Ideas: Alan Sokal critically examines 'White Empiricism' and claims about the relevance of race and gender to our understanding of physics. Sokal subjects a very widely-cited article on this theme to a critical examination that has, so…
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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…

The latest issue of the @JConIdeas (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…
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When do we die? Surprisingly, after 40 years of seeming consensus about 'brain death' this question is again newsworthy - and there is no consensus. See my Project Syndicate column, co-authored with Charles Camosy, out today: project-syndicate.org/commentary/con…

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(3/3) Raja Halwani looks at sex, gender and sexual orientation, Kate Phelan and Holly Lawford-Smith revisit feminist separatism, and Mark Horowitz adds biosocial insights to the sociology of dating.

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Other articles in this new issue include Pamela Caughie on 'The Word that Dare Not Speak its Name,' F.K. Knights discusses the canon in classical music, a pseudonymous author argues that zoophilia is morally permissible...(2/3)

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Great to see this issue - the fifth - out, with a wide variety of articles, ranging from Alan Sokal's critical analysis of Chanda Prescod Weinstein’s widely-cited
article, “Making Black women scientists under white
empiricism: The racialization of epistemology in physics.”

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I've launched a new website: petersinger.info

You can stay up to date on my latest events, discover my latest pieces of writing, as well as look back on my classic pieces. Sign up for updates: petersinger.info/sign-up

I've launched a new website: petersinger.info You can stay up to date on my latest events, discover my latest pieces of writing, as well as look back on my classic pieces. Sign up for updates: petersinger.info/sign-up
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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,…

Here is my latest essay published in the @washingtonpost: 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,…
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