The ethics of eating animals | Peter Singer, Peter Egan, Christopher Belshaw and Mary Ann Sieghart

Peter Singer, Peter Egan and Christopher Belshaw debate the ethics of eating animals. Watch the full debate at https://iai.tv/video/in-love-with-ani... In association with Future Normal - https://futurenormal.org.uk/ Most claim to love animals. Worldwide, billions are kept as pets - approaching one per human. And hundreds of millions of dollars are given to animal charities each year. But most people are also happy to eat them, and we have created an 800 billion pound industry to deliver animals to our table. Should we overcome our hypocrisy and accept that we don't in fact care about animals at all, and our aim is simply to use them for our pleasure? Or should we take radical steps to restructure our diet and our agri-business to end our attachment to eating animals? World-renowned moral philosopher Peter Singer, Honorary Associate in Philosophy at the Open University Christopher Belshaw, former assistant editor of The Times Mary-Ann Sieghart and British actor and longtime vegan Peter Egan debate in love with animals. Myriam Francois hosts. #PeterSigner #PeterEgan #ChristopherBelshaw Peter Signer is a celebrated philosopher working at Princeton, specialised in applied ethics. His seminal book 'Animal Liberation' inspired a movement. Christopher Belshaw is an Honorary Associate in Philosophy at the Open University and York University. His research covers diverse topics in the theoretical side of applied ethics - questions of the value of death and the nature of a person as well as that of animals. His books include '10 Good Questions about Life and Death', 'Environmental Philosophy', and 'The Value and Meaning of Life'. Peter Egan is a television, theatre and film actor who has been appearing on British TV for over 50 years, most recently known for his role as Marquess of Flintshire in Downton Abbey. Peter is an animal rights activist and vegan, whose recent change to veganism has had a profound impact on his life. Peter has since become an active patron for multiple animal rights charities including Change For Animals, Animals Asia Foundation and For Life On Earth. Former Times leader writer and co-presenter of Start The Week, Mary Ann Sieghart has contributed to many television and radio shows, and is Chair of the Social Market Foundation, a non-party-political think tank. Myriam Francois is a journalist and Research Associate at the SOAS Centre for Islamic Studies. Visit IAI.tv for our full library of debates, talks, articles and podcasts from international thought leaders and world-class academics. The Institute of Art and Ideas features videos and articles from cutting edge thinkers discussing the ideas that are shaping the world, from metaphysics to string theory, technology to democracy, aesthetics to genetics. For debates and talks: https://iai.tv For articles: https://iai.tv/articles For courses: https://iai.tv/iai-academy/courses