Philosopher wins $1m prize that he will donate to charity

After being told he had won $1 million for his contribution towards public life, philosopher Peter Singer says he didn’t consider keeping the money – though he did check first with his wife of 55 years, Renata, before committing to giving it all away.

The remainder of the money will go to charities trying to end animal suffering, particularly in factory farming.“Industrialised animal production is on such a vast scale; you’re talking about maybe 50 billion animals being raised and killed in factory farms every year worldwide,” he says. “And the suffering is prolonged. It’s not just like a few minutes of suffering when they’re in the slaughterhouse.

Nicolas Berggruen says Singer has demonstrated through his actions and arguments over many years how vital public philosophy is.

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