<div>The essential collection of writings by one of the most visionary and daring philosophers of our time Since bursting sensationally into the public consciousness in 1975 with his groundbreaking work Animal Liberation, Peter Singer has remained one of the most provocative ethicists of the modern age. His reputation, built largely on isolated incendiary quotations and outrage-of-the-moment news coverage, has preceded him ever since. Aiming to present a more accurate and thoughtful picture of Singer&rsquo;s pioneering work, Writings on an Ethical Life features twenty-seven excerpts from some of his most lauded and controversial essays and books. The reflections on life, death, murder, vegetarianism, poverty, and ethical living found in these pages come together in a must-read collection for anyone seeking a better understanding of the issues that shape our world today. This ebook features an illustrated biography of Peter Singer, including rare photos from the author&rsquo;s personal collection. </div>

Writings on an Ethical Life

<div>The groundbreaking and &ldquo;important&rdquo; book about animal rights by the author of Ethics in the Real World&mdash;including a new preface (Chicago Tribune). First published in 1975, Animal Liberation created a sensation upon its release, shaking the world&rsquo;s philosophical and animal-protection circles to their cores. Now, forty years later, Peter Singer&rsquo;s landmark work still looms large as a foundational and canonical text of animal advocacy. Arguing that all beings capable of suffering deserve equal consideration, Singer contends that the only justifiable treatment of animals is that which maximizes good and minimizes suffering. In examining the cruelty of factory farming and the exploitation, both commercial and scientific, of laboratory animals, he identifies a kind of &ldquo;ethical blindness&rdquo; and calls for political action. A moral wake-up call from one of the most influential and controversial ethicists of our time, Animal Liberation tackles an emotionally charged social issue with a compelling rational argument in a rousing and riveting read. This ebook features an illustrated biography of Peter Singer, including rare photos from the author&rsquo;s personal collection.</div>

Animal Liberation

<div>This account of a teacher in Austria&mdash;a friend of Freud and one of the millions of victims of the Holocaust&mdash;is &ldquo;beautifully written and deeply moving&rdquo; (Joyce Carol Oates). Peter Singer&rsquo;s Pushing Time Away is a rich and loving portrait of the author&rsquo;s grandfather, David Oppenheim, from the turn of the twentieth century to the end of his life in a concentration camp during the Second World War. Oppenheim, a Jewish teacher of Greek and Latin living in Vienna, was a contemporary and friend of both Sigmund Freud and Alfred Adler. With his wife, Amalie, one of the first women to graduate in math and physics from the University of Vienna, he witnessed the waning days of the Hapsburg Empire, the nascence of psychoanalysis, the grueling years of the First World War, and the rise of anti-Semitism and Nazism. Told partly through Oppenheim&rsquo;s personal papers, including letters to and from his wife and children, Pushing Time Away blends history, anecdote, and personal investigation to pull the story of one extraordinary life out of the millions lost to the Holocaust. A contemporary philosopher known for such works as The Life You Can Save and Animal Liberation, Singer offers a true story of his own family with &ldquo;all the power of a great novel . . . resonant of The Reader by Bernhard Schlink or An Artist of the Floating World by Kazuo Ishiguro&rdquo; (The New York Times). This ebook features an illustrated biography of Peter Singer, including rare photos from the author&rsquo;s personal collection.</div>

Pushing Time Away

<div>From the author of Animal Liberation, an examination of the chasm between the words and actions of George W. Bush, who claimed the moral high ground more than any president in recent US history During his time in public office, George W. Bush framed a striking number of his major policies and initiatives with the concepts of good and evil. From his christening of the &ldquo;axis of evil&rdquo; to the wars in the Middle East to his condemnation of stem cell research, Bush consistently deployed moral language in discussions of the day&rsquo;s major issues. But to what degree could his moral philosophy be considered coherent? In The President of Good &amp; Evil, Peter Singer offers an eye-opening analysis of the ethical outlook of America&rsquo;s forty-third president. This ebook features an illustrated biography of Peter Singer, including rare photos from the author&rsquo;s personal collection. </div>

The President of Good &amp; Evil

<div>An argument for putting sentiment aside and maximizing the practical impact of our donated dollars: &ldquo;Powerful, provocative&rdquo; (Nicholas Kristof, The New York Times). Peter Singer&rsquo;s books and ideas have been disturbing our complacency ever since the appearance of Animal Liberation. Now he directs our attention to a challenging new movement in which his own ideas have played a crucial role: effective altruism. Effective altruism is built upon the simple but profoundly unsettling idea that living a fully ethical life involves doing the &ldquo;most good you can do.&rdquo; Such a life requires a rigorously unsentimental view of charitable giving: to be a worthy recipient of our support, an organization must be able to demonstrate that it will do more good with our money or our time than other options open to us. Singer introduces us to an array of remarkable people who are restructuring their lives in accordance with these ideas, and shows how, paradoxically, living altruistically often leads to greater personal fulfillment than living for oneself. Doing the Most Good develops the challenges Singer has made, in the New York Times and Washington Post, to those who donate to the arts, and to charities focused on helping our fellow citizens, rather than those for whom we can do the most good. Effective altruists are extending our knowledge of the possibilities of living less selfishly, and of allowing reason, rather than emotion, to determine how we live. Doing the Most Good offers new hope for our ability to tackle the world&rsquo;s most pressing problems.</div>

Peter Singer

Books By Peter Singer (5 Books)

Writings on an Ethical Life

Animal Liberation

Pushing Time Away

The President of Good & Evil

The Most Good You Can Do

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Books By Peter Singer (5 Books)

Writings on an Ethical Life

Animal Liberation

Pushing Time Away

The President of Good & Evil

The Most Good You Can Do

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