The Source of Moral Truth (with Peter Singer) (Episode 22)

The Simple Heart w/ Wayne Hsiung

Episode 22: Reason is the source of moral truth. There are few people on this planet who have done more to defend that proposition than Peter Singer. And I was honored to sit down with Peter, nearly 50 years after the publication of Animal Liberation, to see what he’s learned about the journey to a reason-based system of ethics.

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Chapters:

Chapter 1) 00:00-28:05 Intro, Peter’s teachers over the years, Peter’s books “Animal Liberation” & “Animal Liberation Now,” & morality/moral truthsChapter

2) 28:06-45:04:xx Hopeful & confident for the future of animal rights, Australian activists, animal welfare, & political/legal change

Chapter 3) 45:05-57:52 Humane washing, RSPCA & Animal Rising investigations, public cognitive dissonance, & social habits

Chapter 4) 57:53-1:08:21 Animal rights counter-arguments & philosophical questions of animals’ quality of life

Chapter 5) 1:08:22-1:21:42 Peter’s foundational work “Famine, Affluence, & Morality” & insights for ethical life, Effective Altruism movement, Sam Bankman-Fried/FTX, & long-term/short-term goals

Chapter 6) 1:21:43-1:24:19 Important things Peter has done & learned & listen to Peter’s podcast “Lives Well Lived” and follow him on social media

Chapter 7) 1:24:20-1:24:37 Outro video - Thank you for watching! Please Subscribe. Acknowledgments to the Podcast Team: Joe Allman, Adam Durand, Chloe Leffakis, & Jeremy Loeb