“The Life You Can Save: Effective giving to improve the health and welfare of the global poor”

University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Harrison Auditorium, 3620 South Street
 

Peter Singer, BPhil, MA
Ira W. DeCamp Professor of Bioethics in the University Center for Human Values, Princeton University

Peter Singer, author of The Life You Can Save and renowned Princeton professor, argues that we can, and should, donate to highly cost effective charities to improve the health and wellbeing of the world’s poor. Peter Singer is one of the most well-known living philosophers and a leader of the Effective Altruism movement, which applies evidence, reason and rationality to doing good. Prof Singer will discuss the moral case for helping others, and the evidence available to do so most effectively.

Peter Singer is, according to The New Yorker, the planet’s ‘most influential living philosopher.’ For over thirty years he has challenged traditional notions of applied ethics, and is best known for his work on animal rights, reproductive rights and poverty. He is the Ira W. DeCamp Professor of Bioethics at Princeton University, a Laureate Professor at the University of Melbourne and serves on the Advisory Board of Incentives for Global Health. He has won numerous awards and accolades and has many acclaimed publications, including Animal Liberation, Practical Ethics and The Life You Can Save.

Co-sponsored by the Department of Medical Ethics, The Year of Health, The Center for High Impact Philanthropy, The Center for Public Health Initiatives, The Wharton Social Impact Initiative, and The Social Science and Policy Forum.

This event is free and open to the public, but registration is required.

 

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