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PROF PETER SINGER



Contact Details

Organization: Philosophy, Anthropology and Social Inquiry
Position: Honorary (Laureate Professor)
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Homepage: http://www.cappe.edu.au/people/singpe/singpe.htm
Work: 03 8344 3423
Fax: 03 9348 2130
Level: 01
Building: Old Quadrangle Building
Campus: Parkville

Research Expertise and International Linkages

Research Expertise

Research Interest Key Words Country of Expertise
Ethics Bioethics; animal ethics; global ethics; environmental ethics Australia

International Linkages

Country Establishment Collaboration
United States Princeton University Exchange, Research, Teaching, Technical Assistance/Training

Qualifications, Honours, Fellowships and Other Awards

Qualifications

Title Institution Date Awarded Abbreviation
Bachelor of Arts (Hons) University of Melbourne 31-Dec-1967
Master of Arts University of Melbourne 31-Dec-1969
BPhil University of Oxford 31-Dec-1972

Fellowships

Fellowship Date Awarded
Fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities (FAHA) 31-Dec-1982
Fellow of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia (FASSA) 31-Dec-1989

Other Awards

Award Type Awarding Body Comments Date Awarded
Scholarship Prize Fulbright 31-Dec-1978
Prize Australian Humanist Assoc: Aust Humanist of the Year 31-Dec-2004
Prize National Book Council of Australia: Banjo Award 31-Dec-1995
Prize NSW Premier's Literary Award 31-Dec-1995
Prize World Technology Network: Ethics Award 31-Dec-2003
Prize Freedom from Religon Foundation: Emperor Has No Clothes Award 31-Dec-2004
Prize Time: The World's Most Influential People - Top 100 18-Apr-2005

Government Research Classifications

Research Fields, Courses and Discipline Classifications

Socio-Economic Objective Classifications

Grants and Contracts

Research Grants, Contracts and Consultancies awarded to the University of Melbourne as the administering institution (since 2003) as recorded in Themis Agreements.

Grants

Title Role Funding Source Scheme Award Date
COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH PROJECT "INNOVA P2" Chief Investigator UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE 7th Framework Programme (EUROPEAN COMMISSION) 01/06/2008

Publications

Publications produced at the University of Melbourne and reported in the Annual Publications Collection and 'Research Report' since 2001. The Themis Publications module, released in November 2006, allows additional publications from previous institutions and publications from past years to be entered.

Publications in 2008

Book Chapters

  • Foreward
    Year: 2008
    Book: The Future of Animal Farming
    Publisher: Blackwell Science(Oxford)
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  • Preface
    Year: 2008
    Book: Ethique Animale
    Publisher: Presses Universitaires de France
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Publications in 2007

Journal Articles

  • The Moral Status of Stem Cells
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Metaphilosophy
    Volume: 38
    Issue: 2-3
    Page numbers: 264 - 284
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Publications in 2006

Books

  • The Ethics of What We Eat
    Year: 2006
    Publisher: Text Publishing(Melbourne)
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Book Chapters

  • All animals are equal
    Year: 2006
    Book: Bioethics: An Anthology
    Publisher: Blackwell Publishers(Oxford)
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  • Ethique Appliquee
    Year: 2006
    Book: Le Dictionnaire des Sciences Humaines
    Publisher: Presses Universitaires de France
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  • Foreword: Shopping at the Genetic Supermarket
    Year: 2006
    Book: The Ethics of Inheritable Genetic Modification
    Publisher: Cambridge University Press(Cambridge)
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  • Introduction: In Defense of Animals
    Year: 2006
    Book: In Defense of Animals: The Second Wave
    Publisher: Blackwell Publishers(Massachusetts)
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  • Is the Sanctity of Life Ethic Terminally Ill?
    Year: 2006
    Book: Bioethics: An Anthology
    Publisher: Blackwell Publishers(Oxford)
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  • Morality, Reason and the Rights of Animals
    Year: 2006
    Book: Primates and Philosophers
    Publisher: Princeton University Press(Princeton)
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  • The ethical responsibilities of writers addressing political issues
    Year: 2006
    Book: Making Waves: 10 Years of the Byron Bay Writers Festival
    Publisher: University of Queensland Press(St Lucia)
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Journal Articles

  • 1980-2005: Bioethics then and now
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Monash Bioethics Review
    Volume: 25
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 9 - 14
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  • Ethics and Climate Change: A Commentary on MacCracken, Toman and Gardiner
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Environmental Values
    Volume: 15
    Page numbers: 415 - 422
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Publications in 2005

Book Chapters

  • A final word
    Year: 2005
    Book: In defense of animals
    Publisher: Blackwell Publishers(Massachusetts)
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  • Abortion, euthanasia, and suicide
    Year: 2005
    Book: The moral of the story: An anthology of ethics through literature
    Publisher: Blackwell Publishers(Massachusetts)
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  • Animals and the environment
    Year: 2005
    Book: The moral of the story: An anthology of ethics through literature
    Publisher: Blackwell Publishers(Massachusetts)
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  • Duties to God
    Year: 2005
    Book: The moral of the story: An anthology of ethics through literature
    Publisher: Blackwell Publishers(Massachusetts)
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  • Duties to kin
    Year: 2005
    Book: The moral of the story: An anthology of ethics through literature
    Publisher: Blackwell Publishers(Massachusetts)
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  • Ethics and politics
    Year: 2005
    Book: The moral of the story: An anthology of ethics through literature
    Publisher: Blackwell Publishers(Massachusetts)
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  • Issues
    Year: 2005
    Book: The moral of the story: An anthology of ethics through literature
    Publisher: Blackwell Publishers(Massachusetts)
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  • Love, marriage, and sex
    Year: 2005
    Book: The moral of the story: An anthology of ethics through literature
    Publisher: Blackwell Publishers(Massachusetts)
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  • New life forms
    Year: 2005
    Book: The moral of the story: An anthology of ethics through literature
    Publisher: Blackwell Publishers(Massachusetts)
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  • Poverty, facts and political philosophies: A debate with Andrew Kuper.
    Year: 2005
    Book: Global Responsibilities
    Publisher: Routledge(New York)
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  • Preface
    Year: 2005
    Book: The moral of the story: An anthology of ethics through literature
    Publisher: Blackwell Publishers(Massachusetts)
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  • Racism and sexism
    Year: 2005
    Book: The moral of the story: An anthology of ethics through literature
    Publisher: Blackwell Publishers(Massachusetts)
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  • Rules, rights, duties, and the greater good
    Year: 2005
    Book: The moral of the story: An anthology of ethics through literature
    Publisher: Blackwell Publishers(Massachusetts)
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  • Ten points for activists
    Year: 2005
    Book: In defense of animals
    Publisher: Blackwell Publishers(Massachusetts)
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  • The nature of ethics
    Year: 2005
    Book: The moral of the story: An anthology of ethics through literature
    Publisher: Blackwell Publishers(Massachusetts)
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  • War
    Year: 2005
    Book: The moral of the story: An anthology of ethics through literature
    Publisher: Blackwell Publishers(Massachusetts)
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  • What do we owe to our country, compatriots, and strangers?
    Year: 2005
    Book: The moral of the story: An anthology of ethics through literature
    Publisher: Blackwell Publishers(Massachusetts)
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  • Who am I?
    Year: 2005
    Book: The moral of the story: An anthology of ethics through literature
    Publisher: Blackwell Publishers(Massachusetts)
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  • Work
    Year: 2005
    Book: The moral of the story: An anthology of ethics through literature
    Publisher: Blackwell Publishers(Massachusetts)
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Journal Articles

  • Eating ethically
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Free Inquiry
    Volume: 25
    Issue: 4
    Page numbers: 18-19
    Publisher: Council of Secular Humanism(Buffalo)
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  • Ethics and disability
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Journal of Disability Policy Studies
    Volume: 16
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 130-135
    Publisher: Pro-Ed
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  • Ethics and intuitions
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Journal of Ethics
    Volume: 9
    Issue: 3-4
    Page numbers: 331-352
    Publisher: Springer
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  • Law reform, or DIY suicide
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Free Inquiry
    Volume: 25
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 19-21
    Publisher: Council of Secular Humanism(Buffalo)
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  • The sanctity of life
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Foreign Policy (Washington)
    Volume: Sep/Oct 2005
    Issue: 150
    Page numbers: 40-42
    Publisher: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
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Publications in 2004

Books

  • How Ethical is Australia?  An examination of Australias Record as a Global Citizen.
    Year: 2004
    Publisher: Black Inc(Melbourne)
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Publications in 2003

Books

  • Pushing Time Away: My Grandfather and the Tragedy of Jewish Vienna
    Year: 2003
    Publisher: Ecco(Greenslopes, Queensland)
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  • The President of Good and Evil: The Ethics of George W. Bush
    Year: 2003
    Publisher: Text Publishing(Melbourne)
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Journal Articles

  • Voluntary Euthanasia: A Utilitarian Perspective
    Year: 2003
    Journal: Bioethics
    Volume: 17
    Issue: 5-6
    Page numbers: 526-541
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Publications in 2002

Books

  • One World: Ethics and Globalization
    Year: 2002
    Publisher: Yale University Press(New Haven)
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Journal Articles

  • R. M. Hare's Achievements in Moral Philosophy
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Utilitas
    Volume: 14
    Issue: 3
    Page numbers: 309-317
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