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Jul 2019
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#6 — Peter Singer | Utilitarianism and A...

Alex J O'Connor
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Peter Singer is an Australian moral philosopher and author of the seminal Animal Liberation, a book credited with initiating the modern animal rights movement. He speaks to Alex about utilitarianism and how we might apply it to all sentient creatures.

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