Why I want to meet Peter Singer
I’ve read a couple of his books: Practical Ethics and The President of Good and Evil: The Ethics of George W. Bush. Practical Ethics made a big impression on me as a teenager. I wrote Singer a letter, and he actually replied (wish I’d kept the reply!).
Judging from his books, Singer has an interesting mind, and I just think it would be fascinating to chat with him over the backyard fence once in a while. Ethics is a vital subject, yet it’s so hard to find people who are interested in discussing it – let alone people who are interested in acting on it.
