Guest guest Posted April 14, 2008 Report Share Posted April 14, 2008 Mark your calendars for this! Wednesday, April 23, 7:00 PM: Peter Singer speaks on " All Animals Are Equal - But in What Sense of Equality? " Free and open to the public. In Dinkelspiel Auditorium, Stanford University. Map: http://campus-map.stanford.edu/index.cfm?ID=02-200 Singer is the author of " Animal Liberation " , a book sometimes credited with starting the modern animal rights movement. In it, he argued that " all animals are equal. " The claim is often misunderstood, and sometimes used to caricature the animal movement. In this lecture Singer will explain what he means by the claim, why it is something that we all ought to accept, and what its implications are for our everyday life. Singer holds a joint appointment at Princeton's University Center for Human Values and at the University of Melbourne's Centre for Applied Philosophy and Public Ethics. He is the author of numerous books and articles, including " The Way We Eat: Why Our Food Choices Matter " , 2006. ==== Peter Singer is one of the best-known contemporary philosophers and a central figure in animal rights. His classic book Animal Liberation, first published in 1975, is widely hailed as the catalyst for the modern animal rights movement. He is also the author of many other books on a range of subjects related to ethics and responsibility. Singer was an early inductee into the Animal Rights Hall of Fame, and currently teaches Bioethics at Princeton University. See also: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Singer http://www.princeton.edu/~psinger/ http://events.stanford.edu/events/124/12419/ Review of " The Way We Eat: Why Our Food Choices Matter " -- http://www.idausa.org/essays/the_way_we_eat.html Some quotes from " Animal Liberation " -- http://www.ecobooks.com/books/animalib.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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