Why should only human beings be worthy of moral consideration? Would we still eat animals if we had a sense of their mass-produced suffering? Peter Singer joins Vasant Dhar in episode 74 of Brave New World to discuss his influential work as a philosopher. Useful resources: 1. Peter Singer at Britannica, Wikipedia, Princeton, Twitter, Instagram, Amazon and his own website. 2. Animal Liberation Now -- Peter Singer. 3. Animal Machines -- Ruth Harrison. 4. My Octopus Teacher -- Pippa Ehrlich and James Reed. 5. Seven Up! -- Paul Almond. 6. Lawrence Kohlberg's stages of moral development. 7. A Theory of Justice -- John Rawls. 8. Everything is Illuminated -- Liev Schreiber. 9. Nudge -- Richard Thaler and Cass Sunstein. 10. The Life You Can Save. 11. Maneka Gandhi on Animal Rights -- Episode 44 of Brave New World. Check out Vasant Dhar's newsletter on Substack. Subscription is free!

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