In that book, this philosopher argued that the Left should inco rporate ideas from evolutionary biology.
He isn't Robert Axelrod, but this thinker claimed in one work that game theory demonstrates how humans have a natural capacity to cooperate. In that book, this philosopher argued that the Left should inco rporate ideas from evolutionary biology. Larissa MacFarquhar's book Strangers Drowning drew from this thinker's ideas. This author of The Darwinian Left noted that the modern notion of "human concern" has grown from a tribal level to a global level in a book that analogizes altruism to an expanding (*) circle. In the essay "Famine, Affluence, and Morality," this author claimed that if it is within our power to alleviate suffering anywhere in the world, then we should sacrifice any luxuries in order to do so. This philosopher coined the term "speciesism" in a book that argues that the principle of utility should also apply to animals. For 10 points, name this Princeton-based Australian utilitarian philosopher who wrote Practical Ethics and Animal Liberation.
He isn't Robert Axelrod, but this thinker claimed in one work that game theory demonstrates how humans have a natural capacity to cooperate.
Peter  Singer