Noam Chomsky and Peter Singer on Abortion

source: LennyBound 2009年6月6日
These clips are taken from the 2006 Tony Kaye documentary "Lake of Fire" that graphically depicts the contemporary abortion debate in the United States.
Noam Chomsky is professor emeritus of linguistics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), and is one of the fathers of modern linguistics. Since the 1960s, he has become known more widely as a political dissident, an anarchist, and libertarian socialist.
Peter Singer is the Ira W. DeCamp Professor of Bioethics at Princeton University, and laureate professor at the Centre for Applied Philosophy and Public Ethics (CAPPE), University of Melbourne. He specializes in applied ethics, approaching ethical issues from a secular utilitarian perspective.

Peter Singer's Ethics

source: Eidos84    2010年11月27日
In this short clip Peter Singer discusses the ethics of poverty and affluence, animal rights, and the radical nature of applied ethics.

Peter Singer On Poverty

source: Eidos84　2010年10月30日
In this short clip Peter Singer draws on ideas from his "Singer Solution to World Poverty" article, and discusses arguments for why we should help people living in absolute poverty.

Peter Singer - Ethics, Utilitarianism & Effective Altruism

source: Adam Ford    2014年9月6日
Blog Post: http://www.scifuture.org/peter-singer...
In his 2009 book 'The Life You Can Save', Singer presented the thought experiment of a child drowning in a pond before our eyes, something we would all readily intervene to prevent, even if it meant ruining an expensive pair of shoes we were wearing. He argued that, in fact, we are in a very similar ethical situation with respect to many people in the developing world: there are life-saving interventions, such as vaccinations and clean water, that can be provided at only a relatively small cost to ourselves. Given this, Singer argues that we in the west should give up some of our luxuries to help those in the world who are most in need.

Around this central idea a new movement has emerged over the past few years known as Effective Altruism, which seeks to use the best evidence available in order to help the most people and do the most good with the limited resources that we have available. Associated with this movement are organisations such as GiveWell, which evaluates the relative effectiveness of different charities, and Giving What We Can, which encourages members to pledge to donate 10% or more of their income to effective poverty relief programs.
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What Does Evolution Mean For Morality? Peter Singer On Evolution & Ethics

source: Philosophical Overdose    2014年6月22日
Can evolution help us to understand ethics & values? After arguing against some of the misunderstandings regarding evolution (e.g. that it implies egoism/selfishness or that "might is right"), Peter Singer argues that evolution is neutral with regard to values (the naturalistic fallacy), but that understanding evolution does help us to understand human nature; and since the field of ethics is often interested in changing behavior, evolution gives us valuable clues as to what is, or is not, likely to work. Singer also considers the argument that since our moral sense has evolved, it serves to enhance our reproductive fitness, and hence is not a guide to what is really right or wrong. He argues that there is some truth to this claim, but properly understood, it should lead us to skepticism about some ethical views, but not about ethics itself.
This talk was given at the University of Sydney in 2011. I don't own the content.

Peter Singer: "Famine, Affluence, and Morality" | Talks at Google

source: Talks at Google     2016年7月6日
Talks at Google was honoured to host the esteemed philosopher Peter Singer to discuss his seminal work Famine, Affluence, and Morality and what it means to live a moral life in a grossly unequal world.
Recorded in London, June 2016
You can follow Peter on Twitter - @PeterSinger
Originally published in 1972, “Famine, Affluence, and Morality” is one of the most widely discussed essays in applied ethics. He argues that we have the same moral obligations to those living far away as we do to those close to us - choosing not to send life saving money to starving people on the other side of the world is the moral equivalent of neglecting to save a drowning child because we would prefer not to muddy our shoes. If we can help, we must - and any excuse is hypocrisy.
Peter Singer specialises in applied ethics and approaches ethical issues from a secular, utilitarian perspective - and few people are better placed to advise on what actions we ought to take to lead moral lives.
The book on Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/books/d...

About the book:
In 1972, the young philosopher Peter Singer published "Famine, Affluence and Morality," which rapidly became one of the most widely discussed essays in applied ethics. Through this article, Singer presents his view that we have the same moral obligations to those far away as we do to those close to us. He argued that choosing not to send life-saving money to starving people on the other side of the earth is the moral equivalent of neglecting to save drowning children because we prefer not to muddy our shoes. If we can help, we must--and any excuse is hypocrisy. Singer's extreme stand on our moral obligations to others became a powerful call to arms and continues to challenge people's attitudes towards extreme poverty. Today, it remains a central touchstone for those who argue we should all help others more than we do.
As Bill and Melinda Gates observe in their foreword, in the age of today's global philanthropy, Singer's essay is as relevant now as it ever was. This edition collects the original article, two of Singer's more recent popular writings on our obligations to others around the world, and a new introduction by Singer that discusses his current thinking.

About the author
Peter Singer has been described as the world's most influential philosopher. His books include Animal Liberation, Practical Ethics, Rethinking Life and Death, One World, The Life You Can Save, and The Point of View of the Universe. In 2014 the Gottlieb Duttweiler Institute ranked him third on its list of Global Thought Leaders, and Time has ranked him among the world's 100 most influential people.
Peter Singer is the Ira W. DeCamp Professor of Bioethics at Princeton University, and a Laureate Professor at the Centre for Applied Philosophy and Public Ethics at the University of Melbourne.