📚 3 Books mentioned in "Peter Singer Isn’t a Saint, But He’s Better Than Steve Levitt | People I (Mostly) Admire | Ep 90" of People I (Mostly) Admire
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Episode: Peter Singer Isn’t a Saint, But He’s Better Than Steve Levitt | People I (Mostly) Admire | Ep 90
Published on January 6, 2023
Here’s a list of all the books mentioned in this episode. Click on the links to watch specific excerpts on YouTube and feel free to purchase the books if they caught your interest!
Animal Liberation
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I probably know at least a dozen people who became vegetarian after they read his book, Animal Liberation, and the effective altruism movement is in large part the consequence of his early writings on the topic.
In this segment, podcast host Steve Levitt discusses how Peter Singer's book, Animal Liberation, influenced many individuals to adopt a vegetarian lifestyle. He also highlights that the effective altruism movement owes much of its foundation to the ideas presented in Singer's earlier works.
And I was recently rereading the latest edition of your book, Animal Liberation, which was from 2015.
In this segment, host Steve Levitt talks about recently re-reading the 2015 edition of Peter Singer's influential book, Animal Liberation.
There are now significantly more animals in factory farms than there were when Animal Liberation was first published in 1975, and despite the fact that there's been some progress in some countries and certainly much greater awareness of the issues of factory farming and of speciesism, the suffering inflicted on animals from the point of view of how much suffering humans do inflict on animals, the world is a lot worse than it was in 1975.
In this segment, host Steve Levitt discusses Peter Singer's book, Animal Liberation, published in 1975. He highlights how the situation for animals in factory farms has worsened since then, despite some progress in awareness and advocacy for animal rights.
The Theory of Moral Sentiments
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You're referring to the Adam Smith of The Wealth of Nations, but there's also the Adam Smith of The Theory of Moral Sentiments.
Peter Singer points out 'The Theory of Moral Sentiments' by Adam Smith in a discussion contrasting Smith's two influential works, highlighting the distinction between ethics, explored in the former, and economics, which is the focus of the latter.
The Wealth of Nations
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It really crashes headlong into this view in economics which I've been so indoctrinated into with so many years in the field and Adam Smith's book, The Wealth of Nations.
In this segment, host Steve Levitt reflects on his deep-rooted beliefs in economics and discusses Adam Smith's influential book, The Wealth of Nations, highlighting its impact on his understanding.
You're referring to the Adam Smith of The Wealth of Nations, but there's also the Adam Smith of The Theory of Moral Sentiments.
In this discussion, Peter Singer highlights the contrast between Adam Smith's 'The Wealth of Nations' and his other renowned work, 'The Theory of Moral Sentiments'. He emphasizes that 'The Wealth of Nations' primarily addresses economic principles rather than ethical considerations.