What We Are Reading Today: Ethics in the Real World

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Updated 17 May 2023
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What We Are Reading Today: Ethics in the Real World

Author: Peter Singer

Peter Singer is often described as the world’s most influential philosopher. He is also one of its most controversial.

The author of important books such as “Animal Liberation,” “Practical Ethics,” “Rethinking Life and Death,” and “The Life You Can Save,” he helped launch the animal rights and effective altruism movements and contributed to the development of bioethics.

Now, in “Ethics in the Real World,” Singer shows that he is also a master at dissecting important current events in a few hundred words.


What We Are Reading Today: Nationalism: A World History by Eric Storm

Updated 23 February 2026
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What We Are Reading Today: Nationalism: A World History by Eric Storm

The current rise of nationalism across the globe is a reminder that we are not, after all, living in a borderless world of virtual connectivity.

In “Nationalism,” historian Eric Storm sheds light on contemporary nationalist movements by exploring the global evolution of nationalism, beginning with the rise of the nation-state in the 18th century through the revival of nationalist ideas in the present day.