Showing posts with label Peter Singer. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Peter Singer. Show all posts

Monday, May 20, 2013

Peter Singer: The Why and How of Effective Altruism | TED


If you're lucky enough to live without want, it's a natural impulse to help others in need. But, asks philosopher Peter Singer, what's the most effective way to give charitably? He talks through some surprising thought experiments to help you balance emotion and practicality -- and make the biggest impact with whatever you can share.

Sunday, March 28, 2010

A Matter of Mind-Sets? Religion and Science | ABC Radio (With PZ, Singer, Dawkins)


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March 27, 2010 on ABC Radio
Do science and religion represent fundamentally different mind-sets? Physicist Richard Feynman said, 'Science is what we do to keep us from lying to ourselves'. From the Global Atheist Convention held in Australia this month, philosopher Peter Singer, biologist and popular science blogger PZ Myers, and evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins weigh in on matters of minds and faith. Next week, renowned philosopher A.C Grayling.
(via RichardDawkins.net)

Friday, July 24, 2009

Peter Singer: On Ethics


by Center for Inquiry
This was a lecture given during a 2007 CFI conference "Secular Society and its Enemies." Singer runs through various topics relating to Ethics and the talk wraps up with a few minutes of Q&A.

Tuesday, June 16, 2009

Noam Chomsky and Peter Singer on Abortion

These clips are taken from the 2006 Tony Kaye documentary "Lake of Fire" that graphically depicts the contemporary abortion debate in the United States.

Monday, June 15, 2009

Richard Dawkins Interviews Peter Singer (Uncut)

Richard Dawkins interviews Peter Singer for "The Genius of Charles Darwin", the Channel 4 UK TV program which won British Broadcasting Awards' "Best Documentary Series" of 2008. Buy the full 3-DVD set of uncut interviews, over 18 hours, in the RichardDawkins.net store