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Opinion: So What’s the Problem With Peter Singer?

by Lucy Burke

The work of utilitarian philosopher Peter Singer contributes to a culture in which the value of disabled peoples’ lives is viewed as a matter for debate rather than a given. A failure to recognise this reflects a broader failure to engage meaningfully with disability activism, writes Lucy Burke.

Downstream: Should We All Be Vegan? Interview with Peter Singer

Should we all be vegan or vegetarian? Does climate change require a new relationship to nature and non-human animals? And will Covid-19 be the moment when we realise industrial farming carries devastating, unacceptable risks? Aaron Bastani speaks to author of ‘Animal Liberation’ and professor of Bioethics at Princeton University Peter Singer.

4 Things That Are Right With Effective Altruism

by Matteo Tiratelli

In a previous Novara article, 'Effective Altruism' was slammed for pointing to symptoms instead of structures. This response piece argues it may not be worth jettisoning a project like EA yet.