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How can we live an ethical life?

Australian philosopher Peter Singer talks to Nuala McGovern about his radical ideas as he鈥檚 awarded the Berggruen Prize for Philosophy and Culture.

Is it unethical to eat animals? Can you be a good person if you have spare money and don鈥檛 give any of it to charity? What is the moral response to the war in Ukraine? Nuala McGovern is in Los Angeles to talk to Australian Philosopher and Berggruen Prize winner Prof Peter Singer, who has spent his career grappling with these difficult questions. He鈥檚 been described as the world鈥檚 most influential philosopher and, on one occasion, as the world鈥檚 most dangerous man.

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