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Peter Singer: belief

7 Jun 2023 Conversations with Tyler Peter Singer on Utilitarianism, Influence, and Controversial Ideas

“Let me just say, firstly, that book was written a long time ago, I think in the early 1980s.”

— Peter Singer

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Peter Singer
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belief
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7 Jun 2023
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Conversations with Tyler

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…Not everyone knows you’ve written a book on Hegel. What have you learned from Hegel, who is not a utilitarian, right? Not in a simple way. Definitely not a utilitarian. Let me just say, firstly, that book was written a long time ago, I think in the early 1980s. Secondly, it’s a very slim book. It’s a hundred-page book for what was then called the Past Masters series by Oxford University Press. It’s now called A Very Short Introduction. But it’s a good book. Let me just make a point of adding that.…

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