Carlo Alvaro

Carlo Alvaro is a Professor of Philosophy at the City University of New York (CUNY), specializing in Philosophy of Religion, Animal Ethics, and Virtue Ethics. He is an Italian-American scholar known for his defense of ethical veganism rooted in virtue ethics and his advocacy for deism via the Kalam Cosmological Argument. Alvaro also lectures at the Fashion Institute of Technology, St. John's University, and St. Joseph's University.

• Education: BA from The City College of New York, MA and PhD from The New School for Social Research

Alvaro's research spans ethical frameworks, including opposition to cultured meat based on temperance and compassion, critiques of moral relativism, and explorations of deistic principles in metaphysics. His work intersects with environmental ethics, dietary philosophy, and animal rights.

His notable publications include Ethical Veganism, Virtue Ethics, and the Great Soul (2019), Raw Veganism: The Philosophy of The Human Diet (2020), and Deism: A Rational Journey from Disbelief to the Existence of God (2021). His 2022 article in Nature Food critiques cultured meat from a virtue-ethical perspective.