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The Ethics of Life

Monthly Commentaries by Peter Singer

Peter Singer is Professor of Bioethics at Princeton University and Laureate Professor at the University of Melbourne. He is the author of Animal Liberation, Practical Ethics, One World, The President of Good and Evil, and editor of In Defense of Animals: The Second Wave.

In 2005 Time magazine named Peter Singer one of the 100 most influential people in the world, for his challenging debates on abortion, genetic engineering, and "collateral damage" on the battlefield. As Professor of Bioethics at Princeton University's Center for Human Values, not only is Peter Singer the most qualified to dissect these issues, at times, he is also the most controversial. Is human life really always sacred? What standards should govern how we address poverty and fight wars? In The Ethics of Life, this exciting contemporary thinker examines the moral concepts that shape public policy.

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Date	Title / Authors	Available Languages
June 2009	Can Business Be Ethical? by Peter Singer
May 2009	The Value of a Pale Blue Dot by Peter Singer
April 2009	Freedom of Religion or Freedom of Speech? by Peter Singer
March 2009	Charity in Hard Times by Peter Singer
February 2009	Capitalism’s New Clothes by Peter Singer
January 2009	Thirty Years of “Test-Tube” Babies by Peter Singer
December 2008	The Tragic Cost of Being Unscientific by Peter Singer
November 2008	Obama’s Global Ethical Challenges by Peter Singer
October 2008	What McCain and Obama Ignore by Peter Singer
September 2008	Tuberculosis or Hair Loss? Refocusing Medical Research by Peter Singer
August 2008	The Hidden Costs of Money by Peter Singer
July 2008	The Rights of Apes – and Humans by Peter Singer
June 2008	Blatant Benevolence by Peter Singer
May 2008	The God of Suffering? by Peter Singer
April 2008	Is There Moral Progress? by Peter Singer

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