The citation referred to my “widely influential and intellectually rigorous work in reinvigorating utilitarianism as part of academic philosophy and as a force for change in the world.” The prize comes with $1 million which, in accordance with views I have been defending for many years, I am donating to the most effective organizations working to assist people in extreme poverty and to reduce the suffering of animals in factory farms.Įffective altruism measures the number of lives saved per dollar. In 2021 I was delighted to receive the Berggruen Prize for Philosophy and Culture. I am also known for my controversial critique of the sanctity of life ethics in bioethics. Journalists have bestowed on me the tag of “world’s most influential living philosopher.” They are probably thinking of my work on the ethics of our treatment of animals, often credited with starting the modern animal rights movement, and with the influence that my writing has had on the development of effective altruism. Peter Singer has been awarded the 2021 Berggruen Prize for Philosophy and Culture, a $1 million award given annually to “thinkers whose ideas have profoundly shaped human self-understanding and advancement in a rapidly changing world.” Peter Singer in the News Peter Singer receives the 2021 Berggruen Prize
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