An Evening with Peter Singer

Once labelled 'the most dangerous man in the world', Peter Singer is a philosopher whose arguments are founded on a simple idea – utilitarianism; a theory that states the most ethical choice, in any situation, is the one that provides the greatest good for the greatest number.

This concept underpins all of Peter’s work, and was the basis for his 2009 seminal book, The Life You Can Save. He’s also responsible for the revolutionary book, Animal Liberation: A New Ethics for Our Treatment of Animals.

Today, his ideas need to be amplified greatly. If the immoral and unnecessary institutional cruelty imposed on animals for their meat had been fought against, the COVID-19 crisis may have been avoided. If global populations adopted the tenets of utilitarianism, polarising figures like Trump may never have found office.