Peter Singer on global challenges and the values we live by

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Peter Singer on global challenges and the values we live by

30 Mar 2009

Speakers: Peter Singer

Philosopher Peter Singer asks how we can establish a clearer common ethical basis to engage a range of civil society concerns. Distance, he says, should have no influence on the level of our sympathy for other human beings - the death of a child in Africa is equally as tragic as the death of a child in London.

He also discusses the suffering of animals, saying that we should take the treatment of boredom, pain and suffering in animals as seriously as in humans. The species barrier, he argues, should have no bearing on whether or not we can sympathise with the suffering of another creature.

Finally, he moves on to discuss the likely impact of Global Warming if we carry on polluting 'business as usual'. As an Australian, he outlines the severe effect that Global Warming has already had in his own country.

This video was kindly provided by The RSA