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	{{Template:Ac}}[~~https~~:~~//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Singer '''~~Peter Singer~~'''~~] (in full, '''Peter Albert David Singer''') AC (born 6 July 1946), is an Australian moral philosopher and Emeritus Ira W. DeCamp Professor of Bioethics at Princeton University. He specialises in applied ethics, approaching the subject from a secular, utilitarian perspective. He most famously wrote the book ''Animal Liberation'' (1975), and in 2005, ''The Sydney Morning Herald'' placed him among Australia's ten most influential public intellectuals.<ref>Visontay, Michael (12 March 2005). [https://web.archive.org/web/20211219181042/https://www.smh.com.au/national/australias-top-100-public-intellectuals-20050312-gdkwox.html "Australia's top 100 public intellectuals".] ''The Sydney Morning Herald''.</ref>		{{Template:Ac}}[[wikipedia:Peter Singer\|Peter Singer]] (in full, '''Peter Albert David Singer''') AC (born 6 July 1946), is an Australian moral philosopher and Emeritus Ira W. DeCamp Professor of Bioethics at Princeton University. He specialises in applied ethics, approaching the subject from a secular, utilitarian perspective. He most famously wrote the book ''Animal Liberation'' (1975), and in 2005, ''The Sydney Morning Herald'' placed him among Australia's ten most influential public intellectuals.<ref>Visontay, Michael (12 March 2005). [https://web.archive.org/web/20211219181042/https://www.smh.com.au/national/australias-top-100-public-intellectuals-20050312-gdkwox.html "Australia's top 100 public intellectuals".] ''The Sydney Morning Herald''.</ref>

	Among [[MAP]]s, [[AAM]]s, pro-paraphile activists and their allies, Peter Singer is known for expressing skeptical views around the alleged harmfulness of some forms of human / non-human sexual contact, especially when contact is initiated by the non-human animal and does no demonstrable physical harm to the animal's body. He famously expressed this stance in a review of the book ''Dearest Pet: On Bestiality'' by Midas Dekkers, in an infamous piece titled "Heavy Petting" (2001).<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20010304173452/https://www.nerve.com/Opinions/Singer/heavyPetting/main.asp Peter Singer, Heavy Petting. (''Nerve'', 2001)].</ref> The piece has been used as a catalyst for philosophy academics to debate bestiality, with some strongly criticizing,<ref>Piers Beirne. (2001). [https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1013119904480 Peter Singer's "Heavy Petting" and the Politics of Animal Sexual Assault.] ''Critical Criminology'' 10, pp. 43–55. ([https://sci-hub.st/https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1013119904480 Sci-hub link]).</ref> and some conceding parts of Singer's arguments.<ref>E.g. Neil Levy. (Fall 2003). [https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-9833.00193 What (if Anything) Is Wrong with Bestiality?] in ''Journal of Social Philosophy'', Vol. 34 No. 3, pp. 444–456. ([https://sci-hub.st/https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1467-9833.00193 Sci-hub link]).</ref> Later discussions in scholarship have tended to be more neutral,<ref>See especially: Joanna Bourke, [https://library.lol/main/F94EC6272CC7299A5CDE2005CB3B5346 Loving Animals: On Bestiality, Zoophilia and Post-Human Love] (University of Chicago Press, 2020).</ref><ref>Bassano, G. (2018). [https://doi.org/10.1007/s11196-018-9549-x Bestialitatis and the New Ethics on “Human” Animals]. ''Int J Semiot Law'' 31, 659–675.</ref> and even supportive.<ref>Bensto, F. (2023). [https://doi.org/10.35995/jci03020005 Zoophilia Is Morally Permissible]. ''Journal of Controversial Ideas'', 3(2), 5.</ref> Singer is also known for co-founding of the [[Journal of Controversial Ideas]]. ''Controversial Ideas'' has published the ''The Pedophile as a Human Being: An Autoethnography for the Recognition of a Marginalized Sexual Orientation''<ref>[https://journalofcontroversialideas.org/article/2/1/182/htm Vaerwaeter, B. (pseudonym) The Pedophile as a Human Being: An Autoethnography for the Recognition of a Marginalized Sexual Orientation. Journal of Controversial Ideas 2022, 2(1), 3; doi:10.35995/jci02010003.]</ref> - an autoethnography of an individual with largely hebephilic desires - and later ''Zoophilia Is Morally Permissible'' (Bensto, 2023),<ref>Op. cit. above.</ref> the latter of which received massive media attention / exposure with at least 1 million people having seen Singer's twitter post about the article.		Among [[MAP]]s, [[AAM]]s, pro-paraphile activists and their allies, Peter Singer is known for expressing skeptical views around the alleged harmfulness of some forms of human / non-human sexual contact, especially when contact is initiated by the non-human animal and does no demonstrable physical harm to the animal's body. He famously expressed this stance in a review of the book ''Dearest Pet: On Bestiality'' by Midas Dekkers, in an infamous piece titled "Heavy Petting" (2001).<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20010304173452/https://www.nerve.com/Opinions/Singer/heavyPetting/main.asp Peter Singer, Heavy Petting. (''Nerve'', 2001)].</ref> The piece has been used as a catalyst for philosophy academics to debate bestiality, with some strongly criticizing,<ref>Piers Beirne. (2001). [https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1013119904480 Peter Singer's "Heavy Petting" and the Politics of Animal Sexual Assault.] ''Critical Criminology'' 10, pp. 43–55. ([https://sci-hub.st/https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1013119904480 Sci-hub link]).</ref> and some conceding parts of Singer's arguments.<ref>E.g. Neil Levy. (Fall 2003). [https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-9833.00193 What (if Anything) Is Wrong with Bestiality?] in ''Journal of Social Philosophy'', Vol. 34 No. 3, pp. 444–456. ([https://sci-hub.st/https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1467-9833.00193 Sci-hub link]).</ref> Later discussions in scholarship have tended to be more neutral,<ref>See especially: Joanna Bourke, [https://library.lol/main/F94EC6272CC7299A5CDE2005CB3B5346 Loving Animals: On Bestiality, Zoophilia and Post-Human Love] (University of Chicago Press, 2020).</ref><ref>Bassano, G. (2018). [https://doi.org/10.1007/s11196-018-9549-x Bestialitatis and the New Ethics on “Human” Animals]. ''Int J Semiot Law'' 31, 659–675.</ref> and even supportive.<ref>Bensto, F. (2023). [https://doi.org/10.35995/jci03020005 Zoophilia Is Morally Permissible]. ''Journal of Controversial Ideas'', 3(2), 5.</ref> Singer is also known for co-founding of the [[Journal of Controversial Ideas]]. ''Controversial Ideas'' has published the ''The Pedophile as a Human Being: An Autoethnography for the Recognition of a Marginalized Sexual Orientation''<ref>[https://journalofcontroversialideas.org/article/2/1/182/htm Vaerwaeter, B. (pseudonym) The Pedophile as a Human Being: An Autoethnography for the Recognition of a Marginalized Sexual Orientation. Journal of Controversial Ideas 2022, 2(1), 3; doi:10.35995/jci02010003.]</ref> - an autoethnography of an individual with largely hebephilic desires - and later ''Zoophilia Is Morally Permissible'' (Bensto, 2023),<ref>Op. cit. above.</ref> the latter of which received massive media attention / exposure with at least 1 million people having seen Singer's twitter post about the article.

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	[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Singer '''Peter Singer'''] (in full, '''Peter Albert David Singer''') AC (born 6 July 1946), is an Australian moral philosopher and Emeritus Ira W. DeCamp Professor of Bioethics at Princeton University. He specialises in applied ethics, approaching the subject from a secular, utilitarian perspective. He most famously wrote the book ''Animal Liberation'' (1975), and in 2005, ''The Sydney Morning Herald'' placed him among Australia's ten most influential public intellectuals.<ref>Visontay, Michael (12 March 2005). [https://web.archive.org/web/20211219181042/https://www.smh.com.au/national/australias-top-100-public-intellectuals-20050312-gdkwox.html "Australia's top 100 public intellectuals".] ''The Sydney Morning Herald''.</ref>		{{Template:Ac}}[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Singer '''Peter Singer'''] (in full, '''Peter Albert David Singer''') AC (born 6 July 1946), is an Australian moral philosopher and Emeritus Ira W. DeCamp Professor of Bioethics at Princeton University. He specialises in applied ethics, approaching the subject from a secular, utilitarian perspective. He most famously wrote the book ''Animal Liberation'' (1975), and in 2005, ''The Sydney Morning Herald'' placed him among Australia's ten most influential public intellectuals.<ref>Visontay, Michael (12 March 2005). [https://web.archive.org/web/20211219181042/https://www.smh.com.au/national/australias-top-100-public-intellectuals-20050312-gdkwox.html "Australia's top 100 public intellectuals".] ''The Sydney Morning Herald''.</ref>

	Among [[MAP]]s, [[AAM]]s, pro-paraphile activists and their allies, Peter Singer is known for expressing skeptical views around the alleged harmfulness of some forms of human / non-human sexual contact, especially when contact is initiated by the non-human animal and does no demonstrable physical harm to the animal's body. He famously expressed this stance in a review of the book ''Dearest Pet: On Bestiality'' by Midas Dekkers, in an infamous piece titled "Heavy Petting" (2001).<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20010304173452/https://www.nerve.com/Opinions/Singer/heavyPetting/main.asp Peter Singer, Heavy Petting. (''Nerve'', 2001)].</ref> The piece has been used as a catalyst for philosophy academics to debate bestiality, with some strongly criticizing,<ref>Piers Beirne. (2001). [https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1013119904480 Peter Singer's "Heavy Petting" and the Politics of Animal Sexual Assault.] ''Critical Criminology'' 10, pp. 43–55. ([https://sci-hub.st/https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1013119904480 Sci-hub link]).</ref> and some conceding parts of Singer's arguments.<ref>E.g. Neil Levy. (Fall 2003). [https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-9833.00193 What (if Anything) Is Wrong with Bestiality?] in ''Journal of Social Philosophy'', Vol. 34 No. 3, pp. 444–456. ([https://sci-hub.st/https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1467-9833.00193 Sci-hub link]).</ref> Later discussions in scholarship have tended to be more neutral,<ref>See especially: Joanna Bourke, [https://library.lol/main/F94EC6272CC7299A5CDE2005CB3B5346 Loving Animals: On Bestiality, Zoophilia and Post-Human Love] (University of Chicago Press, 2020).</ref><ref>Bassano, G. (2018). [https://doi.org/10.1007/s11196-018-9549-x Bestialitatis and the New Ethics on “Human” Animals]. ''Int J Semiot Law'' 31, 659–675.</ref> and even supportive.<ref>Bensto, F. (2023). [https://doi.org/10.35995/jci03020005 Zoophilia Is Morally Permissible]. ''Journal of Controversial Ideas'', 3(2), 5.</ref> Singer is also known for co-founding of the [[Journal of Controversial Ideas]]. ''Controversial Ideas'' has published the ''The Pedophile as a Human Being: An Autoethnography for the Recognition of a Marginalized Sexual Orientation''<ref>[https://journalofcontroversialideas.org/article/2/1/182/htm Vaerwaeter, B. (pseudonym) The Pedophile as a Human Being: An Autoethnography for the Recognition of a Marginalized Sexual Orientation. Journal of Controversial Ideas 2022, 2(1), 3; doi:10.35995/jci02010003.]</ref> - an autoethnography of an individual with largely hebephilic desires - and later ''Zoophilia Is Morally Permissible'' (Bensto, 2023),<ref>Op. cit. above.</ref> the latter of which received massive media attention / exposure with at least 1 million people having seen Singer's twitter post about the article.		Among [[MAP]]s, [[AAM]]s, pro-paraphile activists and their allies, Peter Singer is known for expressing skeptical views around the alleged harmfulness of some forms of human / non-human sexual contact, especially when contact is initiated by the non-human animal and does no demonstrable physical harm to the animal's body. He famously expressed this stance in a review of the book ''Dearest Pet: On Bestiality'' by Midas Dekkers, in an infamous piece titled "Heavy Petting" (2001).<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20010304173452/https://www.nerve.com/Opinions/Singer/heavyPetting/main.asp Peter Singer, Heavy Petting. (''Nerve'', 2001)].</ref> The piece has been used as a catalyst for philosophy academics to debate bestiality, with some strongly criticizing,<ref>Piers Beirne. (2001). [https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1013119904480 Peter Singer's "Heavy Petting" and the Politics of Animal Sexual Assault.] ''Critical Criminology'' 10, pp. 43–55. ([https://sci-hub.st/https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1013119904480 Sci-hub link]).</ref> and some conceding parts of Singer's arguments.<ref>E.g. Neil Levy. (Fall 2003). [https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-9833.00193 What (if Anything) Is Wrong with Bestiality?] in ''Journal of Social Philosophy'', Vol. 34 No. 3, pp. 444–456. ([https://sci-hub.st/https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1467-9833.00193 Sci-hub link]).</ref> Later discussions in scholarship have tended to be more neutral,<ref>See especially: Joanna Bourke, [https://library.lol/main/F94EC6272CC7299A5CDE2005CB3B5346 Loving Animals: On Bestiality, Zoophilia and Post-Human Love] (University of Chicago Press, 2020).</ref><ref>Bassano, G. (2018). [https://doi.org/10.1007/s11196-018-9549-x Bestialitatis and the New Ethics on “Human” Animals]. ''Int J Semiot Law'' 31, 659–675.</ref> and even supportive.<ref>Bensto, F. (2023). [https://doi.org/10.35995/jci03020005 Zoophilia Is Morally Permissible]. ''Journal of Controversial Ideas'', 3(2), 5.</ref> Singer is also known for co-founding of the [[Journal of Controversial Ideas]]. ''Controversial Ideas'' has published the ''The Pedophile as a Human Being: An Autoethnography for the Recognition of a Marginalized Sexual Orientation''<ref>[https://journalofcontroversialideas.org/article/2/1/182/htm Vaerwaeter, B. (pseudonym) The Pedophile as a Human Being: An Autoethnography for the Recognition of a Marginalized Sexual Orientation. Journal of Controversial Ideas 2022, 2(1), 3; doi:10.35995/jci02010003.]</ref> - an autoethnography of an individual with largely hebephilic desires - and later ''Zoophilia Is Morally Permissible'' (Bensto, 2023),<ref>Op. cit. above.</ref> the latter of which received massive media attention / exposure with at least 1 million people having seen Singer's twitter post about the article.

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	Peter Singer (in full, Peter Albert David Singer) AC (born 6 July 1946), is an Australian moral philosopher and Emeritus Ira W. DeCamp Professor of Bioethics at Princeton University. He specialises in applied ethics, approaching the subject from a secular, utilitarian perspective. He most famously wrote the book ''Animal Liberation'' (1975), and in 2005, ''The Sydney Morning Herald'' placed him among Australia's ten most influential public intellectuals.<ref>Visontay, Michael (12 March 2005). [https://web.archive.org/web/20211219181042/https://www.smh.com.au/national/australias-top-100-public-intellectuals-20050312-gdkwox.html "Australia's top 100 public intellectuals".] ''The Sydney Morning Herald''.</ref>		[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Singer '''Peter Singer'''] (in full, '''Peter Albert David Singer''') AC (born 6 July 1946), is an Australian moral philosopher and Emeritus Ira W. DeCamp Professor of Bioethics at Princeton University. He specialises in applied ethics, approaching the subject from a secular, utilitarian perspective. He most famously wrote the book ''Animal Liberation'' (1975), and in 2005, ''The Sydney Morning Herald'' placed him among Australia's ten most influential public intellectuals.<ref>Visontay, Michael (12 March 2005). [https://web.archive.org/web/20211219181042/https://www.smh.com.au/national/australias-top-100-public-intellectuals-20050312-gdkwox.html "Australia's top 100 public intellectuals".] ''The Sydney Morning Herald''.</ref>

	Among [[MAP]]s, [[AAM]]s, pro-paraphile activists and their allies, Peter Singer is known for expressing skeptical views around the alleged harmfulness of some forms of human / non-human sexual contact, especially when contact is initiated by the non-human animal and does no demonstrable physical harm to the animal's body. He famously expressed this stance in a review of the book ''Dearest Pet: On Bestiality'' by Midas Dekkers, in an infamous piece titled "Heavy Petting" (2001).<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20010304173452/https://www.nerve.com/Opinions/Singer/heavyPetting/main.asp Peter Singer, Heavy Petting. (''Nerve'', 2001)].</ref> The piece has been used as a catalyst for philosophy academics to debate bestiality, with some strongly criticizing,<ref>Piers Beirne. (2001). [https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1013119904480 Peter Singer's "Heavy Petting" and the Politics of Animal Sexual Assault.] ''Critical Criminology'' 10, pp. 43–55. ([https://sci-hub.st/https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1013119904480 Sci-hub link]).</ref> and some conceding parts of Singer's arguments.<ref>E.g. Neil Levy. (Fall 2003). [https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-9833.00193 What (if Anything) Is Wrong with Bestiality?] in ''Journal of Social Philosophy'', Vol. 34 No. 3, pp. 444–456. ([https://sci-hub.st/https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1467-9833.00193 Sci-hub link]).</ref> Later discussions in scholarship have tended to be more neutral,<ref>See especially: Joanna Bourke, [https://library.lol/main/F94EC6272CC7299A5CDE2005CB3B5346 Loving Animals: On Bestiality, Zoophilia and Post-Human Love] (University of Chicago Press, 2020).</ref><ref>Bassano, G. (2018). [https://doi.org/10.1007/s11196-018-9549-x Bestialitatis and the New Ethics on “Human” Animals]. ''Int J Semiot Law'' 31, 659–675.</ref> and even supportive.<ref>Bensto, F. (2023). [https://doi.org/10.35995/jci03020005 Zoophilia Is Morally Permissible]. ''Journal of Controversial Ideas'', 3(2), 5.</ref> Singer is also known for co-founding of the [[Journal of Controversial Ideas]]. ''Controversial Ideas'' has published the ''The Pedophile as a Human Being: An Autoethnography for the Recognition of a Marginalized Sexual Orientation''<ref>[https://journalofcontroversialideas.org/article/2/1/182/htm Vaerwaeter, B. (pseudonym) The Pedophile as a Human Being: An Autoethnography for the Recognition of a Marginalized Sexual Orientation. Journal of Controversial Ideas 2022, 2(1), 3; doi:10.35995/jci02010003.]</ref> - an autoethnography of an individual with largely hebephilic desires - and later ''Zoophilia Is Morally Permissible'' (Bensto, 2023),<ref>Op. cit. above.</ref> the latter of which received massive media attention / exposure with at least 1 million people having seen Singer's twitter post about the article.		Among [[MAP]]s, [[AAM]]s, pro-paraphile activists and their allies, Peter Singer is known for expressing skeptical views around the alleged harmfulness of some forms of human / non-human sexual contact, especially when contact is initiated by the non-human animal and does no demonstrable physical harm to the animal's body. He famously expressed this stance in a review of the book ''Dearest Pet: On Bestiality'' by Midas Dekkers, in an infamous piece titled "Heavy Petting" (2001).<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20010304173452/https://www.nerve.com/Opinions/Singer/heavyPetting/main.asp Peter Singer, Heavy Petting. (''Nerve'', 2001)].</ref> The piece has been used as a catalyst for philosophy academics to debate bestiality, with some strongly criticizing,<ref>Piers Beirne. (2001). [https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1013119904480 Peter Singer's "Heavy Petting" and the Politics of Animal Sexual Assault.] ''Critical Criminology'' 10, pp. 43–55. ([https://sci-hub.st/https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1013119904480 Sci-hub link]).</ref> and some conceding parts of Singer's arguments.<ref>E.g. Neil Levy. (Fall 2003). [https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-9833.00193 What (if Anything) Is Wrong with Bestiality?] in ''Journal of Social Philosophy'', Vol. 34 No. 3, pp. 444–456. ([https://sci-hub.st/https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1467-9833.00193 Sci-hub link]).</ref> Later discussions in scholarship have tended to be more neutral,<ref>See especially: Joanna Bourke, [https://library.lol/main/F94EC6272CC7299A5CDE2005CB3B5346 Loving Animals: On Bestiality, Zoophilia and Post-Human Love] (University of Chicago Press, 2020).</ref><ref>Bassano, G. (2018). [https://doi.org/10.1007/s11196-018-9549-x Bestialitatis and the New Ethics on “Human” Animals]. ''Int J Semiot Law'' 31, 659–675.</ref> and even supportive.<ref>Bensto, F. (2023). [https://doi.org/10.35995/jci03020005 Zoophilia Is Morally Permissible]. ''Journal of Controversial Ideas'', 3(2), 5.</ref> Singer is also known for co-founding of the [[Journal of Controversial Ideas]]. ''Controversial Ideas'' has published the ''The Pedophile as a Human Being: An Autoethnography for the Recognition of a Marginalized Sexual Orientation''<ref>[https://journalofcontroversialideas.org/article/2/1/182/htm Vaerwaeter, B. (pseudonym) The Pedophile as a Human Being: An Autoethnography for the Recognition of a Marginalized Sexual Orientation. Journal of Controversial Ideas 2022, 2(1), 3; doi:10.35995/jci02010003.]</ref> - an autoethnography of an individual with largely hebephilic desires - and later ''Zoophilia Is Morally Permissible'' (Bensto, 2023),<ref>Op. cit. above.</ref> the latter of which received massive media attention / exposure with at least 1 million people having seen Singer's twitter post about the article.

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Peter Singer (in full, Peter Albert David Singer) AC (born 6 July 1946), is an Australian moral philosopher and Emeritus Ira W. DeCamp Professor of Bioethics at Princeton University. He specialises in applied ethics, approaching the subject from a secular, utilitarian perspective. He most famously wrote the book ''Animal Liberation'' (1975), and in 2005, ''The Sydney Morning Herald'' placed him among Australia's ten most influential public intellectuals.<ref>Visontay, Michael (12 March 2005). [https://web.archive.org/web/20211219181042/https://www.smh.com.au/national/australias-top-100-public-intellectuals-20050312-gdkwox.html "Australia's top 100 public intellectuals".] ''The Sydney Morning Herald''.</ref>

Among [[MAP]]s, [[AAM]]s, pro-paraphile activists and their allies, Peter Singer is known for expressing skeptical views around the alleged harmfulness of some forms of human / non-human sexual contact, especially when contact is initiated by the non-human animal and does no demonstrable physical harm to the animal's body. He famously expressed this stance in a review of the book ''Dearest Pet: On Bestiality'' by Midas Dekkers, in an infamous piece titled "Heavy Petting" (2001).<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20010304173452/https://www.nerve.com/Opinions/Singer/heavyPetting/main.asp Peter Singer, Heavy Petting. (''Nerve'', 2001)].</ref> The piece has been used as a catalyst for philosophy academics to debate bestiality, with some strongly criticizing,<ref>Piers Beirne. (2001). [https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1013119904480 Peter Singer's "Heavy Petting" and the Politics of Animal Sexual Assault.] ''Critical Criminology'' 10, pp. 43–55. ([https://sci-hub.st/https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1013119904480 Sci-hub link]).</ref> and some conceding parts of Singer's arguments.<ref>E.g. Neil Levy. (Fall 2003). [https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-9833.00193 What (if Anything) Is Wrong with Bestiality?] in ''Journal of Social Philosophy'', Vol. 34 No. 3, pp. 444–456. ([https://sci-hub.st/https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1467-9833.00193 Sci-hub link]).</ref> Later discussions in scholarship have tended to be more neutral,<ref>See especially: Joanna Bourke, [https://library.lol/main/F94EC6272CC7299A5CDE2005CB3B5346 Loving Animals: On Bestiality, Zoophilia and Post-Human Love] (University of Chicago Press, 2020).</ref><ref>Bassano, G. (2018). [https://doi.org/10.1007/s11196-018-9549-x Bestialitatis and the New Ethics on “Human” Animals]. ''Int J Semiot Law'' 31, 659–675.</ref> and even supportive.<ref>Bensto, F. (2023). [https://doi.org/10.35995/jci03020005 Zoophilia Is Morally Permissible]. ''Journal of Controversial Ideas'', 3(2), 5.</ref> Singer is also known for co-founding of the [[Journal of Controversial Ideas]]. ''Controversial Ideas'' has published the ''The Pedophile as a Human Being: An Autoethnography for the Recognition of a Marginalized Sexual Orientation''<ref>[https://journalofcontroversialideas.org/article/2/1/182/htm Vaerwaeter, B. (pseudonym) The Pedophile as a Human Being: An Autoethnography for the Recognition of a Marginalized Sexual Orientation. Journal of Controversial Ideas 2022, 2(1), 3; doi:10.35995/jci02010003.]</ref> - an autoethnography of an individual with largely hebephilic desires - and later ''Zoophilia Is Morally Permissible'' (Bensto, 2023),<ref>Op. cit. above.</ref> the latter of which received massive media attention / exposure with at least 1 million people having seen Singer's twitter post about the article.

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