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Lisa Ung, Australian Philosopher Peter Singer discusses food and global poverty, The Mount Holyoke News, November 18, 2010


Fran Quigley, 'Save kids drowning in poverty', The Indianapolis Star, February 23, 2009

Alexandra Alter, 'Setting a High Bar for Personal Conduct', The Wall Street Journal, February 27, 2009

Jeff Jacoby, 'Intelligence no guarantee of goodness', The Boston Globe, March 4, 2009

Peter Dorfman, 'True measure of character is ability to tackle ethical choices', The Boston Globe, March 9, 2009

William Easterly, 'Affluence and Ethics. Helping the poor: What can be done must be done. So what truly can be done?', The Wall Street Journal, March 4, 2009

Katha Pollitt, 'Lifestyles of the Rich and Generous?', The Nation, March 23, 2009 (prepublished online)

Marvin Olasky, 'The Singer challenge. Why don’t Christians give to help the poor?', World Magazine, March 4, 2009

Shari Rudavsky, 'Interview with Peter Singer. Princeton philosophy professor and author of “The Life You Can Save”', The Indianapolis Star, March 8, 2009

Karen Heller, 'Especially now, a time for charity', The Philadelphia Inquirer, March 10, 2009

Kathy Haight, 'Generosity overcomes fear. People like Kathy Highsmith are giving to help the needy despite the shaky economy', The Charlotte Observer, March 10, 2009

Dwight Garner, 'If You Think You’re Good, You Should Think Again', The New York Times, March 11, 2009

Elizabeth A. Brown, 'The Life You Can Save. Bioethicist Peter Singer challenges all of us to rethink our ideas about “a good life.”', The Christian Science Monitor, March 11, 2009

Joseph Lawler, 'Overcoming Aid', The American Spectator, March 16, 2009

Bill Williams, 'A plea to end poverty by giving to charity', The Boston Globe, March 23, 2009

Caroline Preston, 'A Call to Aid the World's Poor', The Chronicle of Philanthropy, March 26, 2009

John Freeman, 'Now's the time to be our brothers' keepers', Sunday Star Ledger, March 29, 2009

'Book of the week: The Life You Can Save: Acting Now to End World Poverty by Peter Singer', The Week, April 3, 2009 (prepublished online)

Steven G. Kellman, 'Call to Alms', The Texas Observer, April 3, 2009

Robert Birnbaum, 'The Life You Can Save', The Morning News, April 20, 2009

'Letters to the Editor', Salon, April 20, 2009

Christine Smallwood, 'Back Talk: Peter Singer', The Nation, April 22, 2009 (prepublished online)

Barb Ernster, 'Bookstore Alert: Catholic Universities Unwittingly Promote Peter Singer', The National Catholic Register, April 26-May 2, 2009

'April 2009 Book Reviews', The Kingston Observer, April 29, 2009

Frances Kissling, 'You can spare a dime to save a kid', Salon, May 3, 2009

John M. Crisp, 'Striving for a 'minimally decent ethical life', ScrippsNews, May 4, 2009

Kerry Abram, 'Interview with Peter Singer', Moment, May/June 2009

Dave Gilson, 'Give When It Hurts', Mother Jones, May/June 2009

John Freeman, 'Peter Singer's The Life You Can Save' delivers strong ideas about ending extreme poverty', The Plain Dealer, May 31, 2009

Ted O’Callahan, 'What do we owe the bottom billion?', Qn, Spring 2009

Nicholas D. Kristof, 'Would You Let This Girl Drown?', The New York Times, July 8, 2009

Cris Matibag, 'Interview: Peter Singer', Ames Progressive, July 23, 2009

Alex Moya, 'The (False) Logic of Sacrifice', The Undercurrent, August 13, 2009

Michael Cook, 'Acting Now to End World Poverty--Some Say It Can be Done', The Cutting Edge, September 21, 2009

John Stoehr, 'Here Comes the Gadfly. Philosopher Peter Singer wants you to give away your money', New Haven Advocate, October 23, 2009

John Griffith, 'The value of life. We are not doing enough to help end global poverty', Paragould Daily Press, October 29, 2009

John Griffith, 'The value of life (part II). We are obligated to do more to help end global poverty', Paragould Daily Press, November 5, 2009

Heather Baysa, 'Philosopher Peter Singer Thinks You’re All Unethical', NYU Local, November 3, 2009

Stuart Vyse, 'The Life You Can Save', The Providence Journal, December 12, 2009

Mark F. Bernstein, 'From art imaging to zapping ­cancer ... The year in ideas: A to Z', Princeton Alumni Weekly, July 7, 2010

Saundra Schimmelpfennig, 'Should You Save a Drowning Child?', The Huffington Post, September 13, 2010

Elsa Dixler, 'Paperback Row', The New York Times, October 17, 2010

Maxwell Barna, 'Princeton professor encourages effective donations', The Daily Targum, December 3, 2010

Jolie Solomon, 'Peter Singer On the Buffett Club: Billionaires Behaving Beneficently (Or Not)', BNET, December 12, 2010

Catherine Duazo, 'Singer addresses idea of donating to those in need', The Daily Princetonian, October 12, 2011

Jack Stripling, '28 College Leaders Pledge 5 Percent of Earnings to Fight Poverty', The Chronicle of Higher Education, April 30, 2012

Ron Lieber, 'As the Year Draws to a Close, Deciding How to Slice Your Charitable Pie', The New York Times, December 7, 2012


Peter Singer at Forum with Michael Krasny, KQED Radio, March 4, 2009

The Conversation, KUOW Radio, March 4, 2009

Interview with Diane Horn, KEXP 90.3 FM, March 5, 2009

Real Time with Bill Maher, episode 144, HBO, March 6, 2009

Interview with Nathaniel, WHPK, March 9, 2009

Riz Khan, The Life You Can Save, Al Jazeera English, part 1, March 11, 2009

Riz Khan, The Life You Can Save, Al Jazeera English, part 2, March 11, 2009

Peter Singer: "The Life You Can Save" at The Diane Rehm Show, WAMU 88.5, March 12, 2009

Peter Singer on Stephen Colbert, Comedy Central, March 12, 2009

The Brian Lehrer Show: No Excuses, WNYC Radio, March 17, 2009

AirTalk: Act Now To End World Poverty, 89.3 KPCC-FM, March 18, 2009

A diavlog between Peter Singer and Tyler Cowen, Bloggingheads.tv, March 18, 2009

The Life You Can Save, Here on Earth. Radio Without Borders, March 18, 2009

Philosopher urges aid to the poor, PRI's The World, March 19, 2009

It's unethical not to give in recession, Marketplace, American Public Media, March 23, 2009

A conversation with Peter Singer, Charlie Rose, March 25, 2009

Peter Singer on Why We Should Be Moral, Big Think, March 30, 2009

Peter Singer talks about World Hunger with Break Room Live Host Marc Maron, Air America, March 31, 2009

Interview with D.J. Grothe, Point of Inquiry, June 19, 2009

A diavlog between Peter Singer and William Easterly, Bloggingheads.tv, December 24, 2009

Rich asked to donate fortunes, CNN, June 19, 2010

Peter Singer and Michael Slote on the ethics of famine relief, Philosophy TV, September 12, 2010

Interview with Joy Cardin, Wisconsin Public Radio, September 23, 2010


Talk, Berkeley Arts & Letters, Berkeley, CA, March 2, 2009

Talk ‘Our Power to Help the Poor’, The World Affairs Council, San Francisco, CA, March 4, 2009

Talk, Townsquare, Town Hall Seattle, WA, March 5, 2009

Peter Singer, The Life You Can Save: Acting Now to End World Poverty, Philadelphia, March 17, 2009

The Life You Can Save by Peter Singer, The Carnegie Council, New York, NY, March 19, 2009

If I Can Save A Life, Should I?, Connecticut College Panel New London, CT, October 23, 2009

Nigel Warburton, Peter Singer on the Life You Can Save, Philosophy Bites, July, 2010

Ethics and Extreme Poverty: A Wheat and Chaff Interview with Philosopher Peter Singer, 2011


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The Life You Can Save

How to Do Your Part to End World Poverty

Peter Singer

Random House,
New York, 2010

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