Peter Singer

Peter Singer was born in Australia on July 6, 1946. His parents were Jewish, and during the Holocaust they were forced to move to Australia. Pater's father imported tea and coffee and his mother practiced medicine. He attend Scotch College and the University of Melbourne and he earned a B.A in philosophy and history in 1967, then in 1969, he earned a M.A in philosophy. Later in 1969, he entered the University of Oxford. While he attend the University of Oxford he joined a vegetarian student group. This inspired him to write one of his best-known and most influential work called "Animal Liberation: A New Ethics for our Treatment of animals" in 1975. He has spent A LOT of his time and money for animal rights. You all probably know him best for writing "Peter Singers Solution to World Poverty". Peter tries to get people to donate money to charity in order to save all of those that are desperate and dying of hunger. Peter lives back to his home town of Melbourne, where he spends his time with his wife, Renata, and has three daughters. When he is not reading or writing, he likes to spend time hiking and surfing. Peter singer is currently 65 years old.

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