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Peter Singer, MA Biography
Title:	Ira W. DeCamp Professor of Bioethics at the University Center for Human Values at Princeton University
Position:	Not Clearly Pro or Con to the question "Should the US Have Attacked Iraq?"
Reasoning:	"Bush's primary case for war with Iraq rested on the claim that the (UN) Security Council had required Saddam Hussein to get rid of weapons of mass destruction, but he had not done so. It now seems very probable that Saddam Hussein had largely, and perhaps entirely, rid himself of weapons of mass destruction. That simple fact undermines the main reason Bush offered for the war. It also raises important questions about why Bush falsely claimed to know - even insisted that there was 'no doubt' - that Saddam possessed WMDs." The President of Good and Evil: The Ethics of George W. Bush, 2004
Theoretical Expertise Ranking:	Organizations/VIPs/Others Individuals and organizations that do not fit into the other star categories.
Involvement and Affiliations:	Ira W. DeCamp Professor of Bioethics, University Center for Human Values, Princeton University, 1999-2004, 2005-present Laureate Professor, University of Melbourne, Centre for Applied Philosophy and Public Ethics, 2005-present Member, Oxfam America Leadership Council, 2003-Present Editorial Board, Reason in Practice, 2001-present Vice-President, Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, 2001-present Member, American Philosophical Association, Eastern Division, Advisory Committee to the Program Committee, 2000-present Editorial Board, Philosophy and Geography, 2000-present President, Animal Rights International, 1999-present Co-Director, Institute for Ethics and Public Policy, Monash University, 1992-1995 Deputy Director, Centre for Human Bioethics, Monash University, 1992-1997 Director, Centre for Human Bioethics, Monash University, 1983-1991 Chair, Department of Philosophy, Monash University, 1977-1978, 1980-1981 Professor, Department of Philosophy, Monash University, 1977-1999 Senior Lecturer, Department of Philosophy, La Trobe University, 1975-1976
Education:	BPhil, University of Oxford, 1971 MA, University of Melbourne, 1969 BA, with honors, University of Melbourne, 1967
Other:	Included in "The Time 100", TIME magazine's list of the world's most influential people, Apr. 18, 2005 Recipient, Australian Humanist of the Year, Australian Humanist Association, 2004 Humanist Laureate, International Academy of Humanism, elected 2004 Recipient, Emperor Has No Clothes Award, Freedom from Religion Foundation, 2004 Recipient, World Technology Network Ethics Award, 2003 Shasha Seminar Keynote Lecturer, Wesleyan University, Nov. 2003 Lewis B. Frumkes Lecture, New York University, Nov. 2003 Amnesty Lecture, Oxford University, February 2001 Sprague-Taylor Philosophy Lecture, Brooklyn College, 2001 Wesson Lecturer, Stanford University, May 2000 Terry Lecturer, Yale University, Oct./Nov. 2000 The Times/Demos Millennium Lecturer, London, May 1995 National Book Council of Australia, Banjo Award for Non-fiction, 1995 New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards Lecturer, Sydney, 1995

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