BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID:-//github.com/ical-org/ical.net//NONSGML ical.net 5.1.4//EN VERSION:2.0 BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:RCNY Breakfast at the UN November 19   RCNY Breakfast at the UN - November 19\, 2026\, 8:30am UN Church Center\, 777 UN Plaza\, 11t h floor Guest presenter: Peter Singer is an Australian moral philosopher b est known for his influential work in applied ethics\, particularly animal rights\, global poverty\, and effective altruism.  Recently retired fr om his position as professor of bioethics at Princeton University\, he has authored numerous landmark books\, including Practical Ethics\, The Most Good You Can Do\, Ethics in the Real World\, Animal Liberation\, and The L ife You Can Save: Acting Now to End World Poverty. Singer’s rigorous\, a ccessible arguments have shaped contemporary debates on our moral responsi bilities and continue to inspire discussion on ethics worldwide.   Presen tation description   Peter Singer\, Professor Emeritus of Bioethics at Pr inceton University\, is one of the world's most influential contemporary m oral philosophers. For decades\, he has challenged conventional thinking a bout our ethical responsibilities to others\, particularly those living in extreme poverty. His presentation will focus on The Life You Can Save: Ac ting Now to End World Poverty\, his influential book that inspired the fou nding of The Life You Can Save\, an organization dedicated to identifying and promoting highly effective charities working to alleviate global pover ty. He will also discuss his more recent initiative\, Profit for Good\, wh ich explores how businesses can use their commercial success to advance hu manitarian goals. For the first time in history\, ending extreme poverty i s arguably within humanity's reach. Singer's work challenges us to conside r not only whether we have the means to achieve this goal\, but also wheth er we have a moral obligation to act—and how we can make our efforts mos t effective. DTEND:20261119T150000Z DTSTAMP:20261101T100303Z DTSTART:20261119T133000Z LOCATION:UN Church Center SEQUENCE:1 SUMMARY:RCNY Breakfast at the UN - November 19\, 2026 UID:b4c3db0d-f236-40a2-9554-5bec606ea2cf X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
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RCNY Breakfast at the UN November 19

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RCNY Br eakfast at the UN - November 19\, 2026\, 8:30am

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UN Church Center\, 777 UN Plaza\, 11th floor

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Guest presenter: Peter Singer is an Australian moral philosopher best known for his influential work in applied ethics\,

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particularly animal rights\, global poverty\, and effective altrui sm. \;

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Recently retired from his position as professor of bioethics at Princeton University\, he has authored numer ous landmark books\, including Practical Ethics\, The Most Good You Can Do\, Ethics in the Real Wor ld\, Animal Liberation\, and The Life You Can Save: Acting Now to End World Poverty. Singer&rsquo\;s rigoro us\, accessible arguments have shaped contemporary debates on our moral re sponsibilities and continue to inspire discussion on ethics worldwide.
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Peter Singer\, Professor Emeritus of Bioethics at Princeton University\, is one of the world'\;s most in fluential contemporary moral philosophers. For decades\, he has challenged conventional thinking about our ethical responsibilities to others\, part icularly those living in extreme poverty.
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His pr esentation will focus on The Life You Can Save: Acting Now to End World Poverty\, his influential book that inspired the founding of The Life You Can Save\, an organization dedicated to identifying and promoting highly effective charities working to alleviate global poverty. He will also discuss his more recent initiative\, Profit for Good\, which explores how businesses can use their co mmercial success to advance humanitarian goals.

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For the first time in history\, ending extreme poverty is arguably within humanity'\;s re ach. Singer'\;s work challenges us to consider not only whether we have the means to achieve this goal\, but also whether we have a moral obligat ion to act&mdash\;and how we can make our efforts most effective.\n\n

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