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    Don't be a bystander to mass famine

    Oped, Peter Singer, Published on 16/08/2022

    » In March 1964, The New York Times reported that 38 witnesses saw or heard a brutal, drawn-out, and ultimately fatal attack on a woman called Kitty Genovese, but none did anything to help her or even summoned the police. The report was later shown to be erroneous, but the "bystander effect" is real. As many psychology experiments have shown, an individual is less likely to come to the aid of another if they can see that other people who could help are not doing so.

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    Should we study geoengineering a lot more?

    Oped, Peter Singer, Published on 20/04/2023

    » As our planet's climate heats up, so, too, does the debate about the boldest response to it: geoengineering, or the deliberate modification of the atmosphere to combat global warming.

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    Do we share a childish sense of morality?

    Oped, Peter Singer, Published on 10/09/2022

    » Consider the following statements describing our moral judgements:

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    When vaccination is a 'crime'

    Oped, Peter Singer, Published on 10/03/2021

    » On Dec 29 last year, Hasan Gokal, the medical director of the Covid-19 response team in Harris County, Texas (which includes Houston, the fourth-largest city in the United States by population), was supervising the administration of the Moderna vaccine, mostly to emergency workers. The vaccine comes in vials containing 11 doses. A vial, once opened, expires in six hours and unused vaccine must then be thrown away.

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    If you're buying oil from Saudi Arabia, it's time to stop

    News, Peter Singer, Published on 15/11/2018

    » The murder of Jamal Khashoggi in Saudi Arabia's Istanbul consulate on Oct 2 has focused attention on the Saudi regime, and especially on its de facto leader, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. In large part, this is because Turkey's government has kept the episode in the international spotlight.

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