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Peter Albert David Singer, the Ira W. DeCamp Professor Emeritus of Bioethics in the University Center for Human Values at Princeton University, is a leading figure in philosophy. Born July 6, 1946, in Melbourne, Australia, he attended Preshil School and Scotch College, earning his bachelor’s degree from the University of Melbourne in 1967, master’s degree in 1969, and B.Phil. from the University of Oxford in 1971 under R. M. Hare. After serving as Radcliffe Lecturer at Oxford, he taught at New York University and La Trobe University before joining Monash University’s Department of Philosophy in 1977 as professor, later chairing the department, serving as associate dean of arts, director of the Centre for Human Bioethics, and codirector of the Institute for Ethics and Public Policy. Singer joined Princeton in 1999, shifting to part-time in 2005 to hold the Laureate Professorship at the University of Melbourne’s Centre for Applied Philosophy and Public Ethics (2005-2012) and School of Historical and Philosophical Studies (2013-2019), and directing Princeton’s Ira W. DeCamp Bioethics Seminars. He transferred to emeritus status on July 1, 2024.