Kingston Philosophy Café

Philosopher Peter Singer applies utilitarian ethics so rigorously to real life issues such as poverty, infanticide, and animal rights that he has become one of the most (in)famous and polarising of contemporary philosophers. Come along to find out more about Singer’s contribution to philosophy, particularly ethics, and to discuss whether it can ever be right to kill a baby or an aged parent, or to treat yourself to a luxury while there are starving people in the world.

See Peter Singer talking at the RSA in 2009on how we can establish a clearer common ethical basis to engagement on a range of civil society concerns at http://www.thersa.org/events/vision/vision-videos/peter-singer---30-march-2009.