Ivy League professor says pro-bestiality article is 'thought-provoking,' claims zoophilia journal fights against cancel culture

An Ivy League professor received immediate backlash for describing an article promoting sexual relations with animals as "thought-provoking." After being lambasted online, the Princeton professor said the journal that supports zoophilia is fighting back against "cancel culture."

On Wednesday, Princeton University bioethics professor Peter Singer shared an article from the Journal of Controversial Ideas – a website where he is an editor and that he co-founded.

The article in question is titled: "Zoophilia Is Morally Permissible."

The premise of the article is: "As one of our most deeply entrenched social taboos, zoophilia is widely considered to be wrong, and having sex with animals is illegal in many countries. In this article, I would like to go against this de facto consensus and argue that zoophilia is morally permissible. This would have major implications for how we legally and socially deal with zoophilia."

The author – who wrote under the pseudonym Fira Bensto – claimed, "There is in fact nothing wrong with having sex with animals: it is not an inherently problematic sexual practice."

Singer posted the article on the X social media network, and said the article about humans having sex with animals is "thought-provoking."

"This piece challenges one of society's strongest taboos and argues for the moral permissibility of some forms of sexual contact between humans and animals," the Ivy League professor said. "This article offers a controversial perspective that calls for a serious and open discussion on animal ethics and sex ethics."

Suggesting that bestiality is morally permissible was skewered by online commentators.

TheBlaze columnist Auron MacIntyre: "The enlightenment was a mistake."

Anti-abortion activist Lila Rose: "The pro-infanticide Princeton professor of 'bioethics,' Peter Singer, thinks the moral case for humans having sex with animals is 'thought-provoking.' Our Ivy Leagues are beyond depraved."

Theology professor Andrew Snyder: "'If you are on the wrong road, progress means doing an about-turn and walking back to the right road; and in that case, the man who turns back soonest is the most progressive man' (C.S. Lewis, Mere Christianity). Turn back. Now."

Associate professor Jennifer A. Frey: "So, we can't eat animals but we can use them to satisfy our lust. Progress is amazing!"

Historian Joshua Charles: "'And since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, God gave them up to a base mind and to improper conduct.' St. Paul (Romans 1:28) Without grace enlightening his intellect and strengthening his will, the natural man cannot perceive, let alone follow, even the natural law."

Rutgers professor Gary Francione: "Peter Singer continues his campaign to get people to rethink bestiality. He has had a very negative impact on animal ethics in a number of ways. This is one. Another is his view that animals have to have humanlike self-awareness to have a moral interest in continuing to live."

Writer John Nolte: "What is 'thought-provoking' about torturing an animal, which is what this is, which is ALL this is? Good GOD."

Singer responded to the avalanche of criticism by defending the publisher.

Singer noted that he did not write the article, and claimed that the Journal of Controversial Ideas is a "journal that pushes back against 'cancel culture' by providing an outlet for controversial ideas, which authors can publish under a pseudonym."

"The fact that we judge an article worthy of publication does not indicate that I or my co-editors agree with the views contained in it," Singer added.

Singer attempted to justify the position of being pro-bestiality by comparing sex with animals to eating animals.

The Princeton professor juxtaposed animals in a factory farm that eventually gets slaughtered to "an animal living with a person who cares for you and loves you in all the ways that most people love their companion animals, but in addition, this person sometimes has sexual contact with you, making sure that the contact does not hurt you, and leaving you free to move away if you don't like it."

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