Description: Peter Singer, professor of bioethics, with a background in philosophy. Best known for Animal Liberation and his writings about global poverty. Considered one of the world's leading moral philosophers and a founder of the effective altruism movement.
José Manuel Sánchez Ron, Emeritus Professor of History of Science at the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, a distinguished member of the Royal Spanish Academy and secretary of the committee that chooses the recipients of the award, described the laureates as “two distinguished thinkers who add to their contributions in the academic realm the fact of seeking out ways for the betterment of society: In Singer’s case, focusing on the ethical consideration of animals, whom he sees as beings with whom we humans hav
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."
Animal Liberation Now - The Definitive Classic Renewed, HarperCollins , US and Penguin Random House , UK, 2023