The Buddhist and the Ethicist

‘Peter Singer’s status as a man of principles and towering intellect—a philosopher extraordinaire, if you will—is unrivalled in Australia.’ * Sydney Morning Herald *
‘A public intellectual par excellence.‘ * Monthly *
‘Peter Singer may be the most controversial philosopher alive; he is certainly among the most influential.’ * New Yorker *

Peter Singer, the ‘father of the modern animal welfare movement’, was named one of the most influential people in the world by Time magazine. An Australian philosopher and professor of bioethics, he has contributed to more than fifty books, which have been translated into more than thirty languages. Singer is founder of The Life You Can Save nonprofit and a professor of bioethics at Princeton University as well as Laureate Professor at the University of Melbourne.

Shih Chao-Hwei is a Buddhist monastic, social activist, scholar and recent winner of the Niwano Peace Prize. A leading advocate for animal rights, a vocal supporter of same-sex marriage and a key figure in the Buddhist gender equality movement, she is also a professor at Hsuan Chuang University and the founder of Hong Shih Buddhist College.

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