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The State of Global Poverty New videos DAILY: https://bigth.ink/youtube Join Big Think Edge for exclusive videos: https://bigth.ink/Edge ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The philosopher discusses how understanding selfishness can help us fashion a better society. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Peter Singer: Peter Singer is the Ira W. DeCamp Professor of Bioethics at Princeton University in the University Center for Human Values and Laureate Professor at the University of Melbourne, in the School of Historical and Philosophical Studies. He is widely considered to be one of the world’s most influential living philosophers. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TRANSCRIPT: Question: Will the economic crisis help us reevaluate our views about poverty? Peter Singer: I think there’s a possibility that the economic downturn will lead us to think again about our values in general including our views about poverty on the one hand and also of course, our views about consumption. So I hope that will happen. I couldn’t really say that I’m highly confident that it will happen because, you know, once the downturn is over and the economy picks up again, you can’t be sure that a bit of that old exquisiteness and competitiveness won’t kick in. Question: What are the steps to eradicating poverty? Peter Singer: So the most important is that y

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