Practical Ethics for Our Time: Peter Singer on PYP 555
Channel: Sick to Fit | Plant Yourself Podcast
Date: 2023-05-19

Peter Singer pretty much launched the animal rights  and animal welfare movements in 1975 with the publication of Animal Liberation. Forty-eight years later, he's got a revised edition coming out: Animal Liberation Now, featuring an introduction by historian and Sapiens author Yuval Noah Harari.

We talked about: 

How philosophy can be a force for good in the world. 
The difference between decency and ethics. 
How to balance reason, emotion, and religion. 
The possibility of disagreeing while remaining respectful (and even friendly). 
How Singer began his journey of philosophical inquiry into humanity's (mis)treatment of billions of animals every year.