Why Climb Mount Everest?
Sep 5, 2019 argues that reaching the summit of the world's tallest mountain has become an immoral personal act.
Peter Singer
Peter Singer is Professor of Bioethics at Princeton University, Laureate Professor in the School of Historical and Philosophical Studies at the University of Melbourne, and founder of the non-profit organization The Life You Can Save. His books include
Animal Liberation, Practical Ethics, The Ethics of What We Eat (with Jim Mason), Rethinking Life and Death, The Point of View of the Universe, co-authored with Katarzyna de Lazari-Radek, The Most Good You Can Do, Famine, Affluence, and Morality, One World Now, Ethics in the Real World, and Utilitarianism: A Very Short Introduction, also with Katarzyna de Lazari-Radek. In 2013, he was named the world's third "most influential contemporary thinker" by the Gottlieb Duttweiler Institute.
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Why Climb Mount Everest? 
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Can Ethics Be Taught? Can Ethics Be Taught?
Aug 7, 2019 says that college philosophy classes have been shown to change some students’ behavior in significant ways.
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How Honest Are We? How Honest Are We?
Jul 5, 2019 finds grounds for hope in a large study suggesting that we are not nearly as unethical as many people assume.
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Rugby Australia’s “Own Goal” Rugby Australia’s “Own Goal”
Jun 11, 2019 says the game's national governing body was wrong to fire a player for an anti-gay Instagram post.
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How Many Lives is Notre Dame Worth? How Many Lives is Notre Dame Worth?
May 9, 2019 & calculate the opportunity costs in human suffering of spending what will be needed to restore the cathedral.
