Peter Singer

Professor of Bioethics in the Center for Human Values, Princeton University

After teaching in England, the United States, and Australia, Peter Singer became the Ira W. DeCamp Professor of Bioethics in the University Center for Human Values at Princeton University.
He is also a Laureate Professor at the University of Melbourne and spends part of each year writing and researching in his home town.
His research interests include ethics (bioethics; animal ethics; global ethics; environmental ethics), applied ethics, world poverty and climate change.
He has published numerous books, including The Life You Can Save (2009), The Most Good You Can Do (2015) and Ethics in the Real World (2016). He became well known internationally after the publication of Animal Liberation in 1975.

Experience

2005–present

Laureate Professor, Centre for Applied Philosophy and Public Ethics, University of Melbourne
2005–present

Ira W. DeCamp Professor of Bioethics, University Center for Human Values, , Princeton University
1992–1995

Co-Director, Institute for Ethics and Public Policy, Monash University

Education

1971

University of Oxford, B. Phil.
1969

University of Melbourne, M.A.
1967

University of Melbourne, B.A. (Hons)

Research Areas

Applied Ethics (2201)
Bioethics (Human And Animal) (220101)