Autor Peter Singer

Titlu Altruismul eficient

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Cuvinte C1:

Altruism

etic practic

sens

mplinire

Donaii

O lume mai bun

Modestie

Empatie

a ctiga pentru a drui

fericire

reducerea srciei

protecia mediului

principii

filantropie

soluii
valori

suferin

organizaii caritabile

egoism

redistribuirea bogiei

profit

salvare

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Semnatura Cristian Prvulescu

Cel mai influent filosof n via New Yorker

Peter Singer a fost desemnat, n 2005, de ctre revista Time unul dintre cei 100 cei mai influeni
oameni din lume. Este cunoscut n special pentru munca sa privind etica modului n care tratm
animalele, pentru critica sa controversat legat de doctrina sanctitii vieii n bioetic i pentru
scrierile despre obligaia celor nstrii de a-i ajuta pe cei trind care triesc n srcie extrem. A
devenit cunoscut pe plan internaional dup publicarea crii Animal Liberation, n 1975. Cartea a fost
inclus n 2011 de ctre Time n lista sa a celor mai bune cri de non-ficiune publicate n limba
englez de la nfiinarea revistei, n 1923. Singer semneaz, ca autor, coautor sau coeditor, peste 40 de
cri, printre care: Practical Ethics (1979), The Expanding Circle (1981), The Life You Can Save
(2009) i The Point of View of the Universe (mpreun cu Katarzyna de Lazari-Radek, 2014). Crile
sale au fost traduse n peste 25 de limbi.

Peter Singer s-a nscut la Melbourne, n Australia, i a urmat cursurile Universitii din Melbourne i
ale Universitii Oxford. Dup ce a predat n Anglia, SUA i Australia, este, din 1999, professor de
bioetic la Princeton, iar din 2005, profesor laureat al Universitii din Melbourne, coala de Studii
Istorice i Filosofice.
Peter Singer is sometimes called "the worlds most influential living philosopher" although he thinks that if
that is true, it doesn't say much for all the other living philosophers around today. He has also been called
the father (or grandfather?) of the modern animal rights movement, even though he doesn't base his
philosophical views on rights, either for humans or for animals.
In 2005 Time magazine named Singer one of the 100 most influential people in the world, and the Gottlieb
Duttweiler Institute ranked him 3rd among Global Thought Leaders for 2013. (He crashed to 68th the
following year, after GDI changed its methodology, which just shows how fleeting fame can be.) He is
known especially for his work on the ethics of our treatment of animals, for his controversial critique of the
sanctity of life doctrine in bioethics, and for his writings on the obligations of the affluent to aid those living
in extreme poverty.

Singer first became well-known internationally after the publication of Animal Liberation in 1975. In 2011
Time included Animal Liberation on its All-TIME list of the 100 best nonfiction books published in English
since the magazine began, in 1923. Singer has written, co-authored, edited or co-edited more than 40
books, including Practical Ethics; The Expanding Circle; How Are We to Live?, Rethinking Life and Death,
The Ethics of What We Eat (with Jim Mason), The Life You Can Save, The Point of View of the Universe
(with Katarzyna de Lazari-Radek), and, most recently, The Most Good You Can Do. His works have
appeared in more than 25 languages.

Peter Singer was born in Melbourne, Australia, in 1946, and educated at the University of Melbourne and
the University of Oxford. After teaching in England, the United States and Australia, he has, since 1999,
been Ira W. DeCamp Professor of Bioethics in the University Center for Human Values at Princeton
University. Since 2005 he has combined that position with the position of Laureate Professor at the
University of Melbourne, in the School of Historical and Philosophical Studies. He is married, with three
daughters and four grandchildren. His recreations include hiking and surfing. In 2012 he was made a
Companion of the Order of Australia, the nations highest civic honour.