If we are concerned about the exploitation of human workers in countries with low standards of worker protection, we should also be… — Peter Singer Copy Share Image
What is there about the notion of a person, at law, that makes every living member of the species Homo sapiens a… — Peter Singer Copy Share Image
We are not especially 'interested in' animals. Neither of us had ever been inordinately fond of dogs, cats, or horses in the… — Peter Singer Copy Share Image
An animal experiment cannot be justifiable unless the experiment is so important that the use of a brain-damaged human would be justifiable. — Peter Singer Copy Share Image
By ceasing to rear and kill animals for food, we can make so much extra food available for humans that, properly distributed,… — Peter Singer Copy Share Image
If they [animals] were really to get the equal consideration that I believe they should, we wouldn't have commercial animal production in… — Peter Singer Copy Share Image
Animals, or at least those who are conscious and capable of suffering or enjoying their lives, are not things for us to… — Peter Singer Copy Share Image
Pain is pain, and the importance of preventing unnecessary pain and suffering does not diminish because the being that suffers is not… — Peter Singer Copy Share Image
The newspapers do little better. Their coverage of nonhuman animals is dominated by "human interest" events like the birth of a baby… — Peter Singer Copy Share Image
Becoming a vegetarian is not merely a symbolic gesture. Nor is it an attempt to isolate oneself from the ugly realities of… — Peter Singer Copy Share Image
Whatever the reason, for most of the present century, the literature and publicity of the old established [animal welfare] groups made a… — Peter Singer Copy Share Image
Sometimes animals may suffer more because of their more limited understanding. If, for instance, we are taking prisoners in wartime we can… — Peter Singer Copy Share Image
...the proposed air force and army experiments were designed so that many animals would suffer and die without any certainty that this… — Peter Singer Copy Share Image
I don't understand the notion that modern farming is anything do to with nature. It's a pretty gross interference with nature. I… — Peter Singer Copy Share Image
There is no excuse for keeping wild animals in amusement parks or circuses. Until our governments take action, we should avoid supporting… — Peter Singer Copy Share Image
We ought to consider the interests of animals because they have interests and it is unjustifiable to exclude them from the sphere… — Peter Singer Copy Share Image
“Dairy farmers routinely remove calves from their mothers at an early age so that the milk will be available for humans; anyone… — Peter Singer Copy Share Image
“Until we boycott meat, and all other products of animal factories, we are, each one of us, contributing to the continued existence,… — Peter Singer Copy Share Image
There could conceivably be circumstances in which an experiment on an animal stands to reduce suffering so much that it would be… — Peter Singer Copy Share Image
When fish experience something that would cause other animals physical pain, they behave in ways suggestive of pain, and the change in… — Peter Singer Copy Share Image
Even people who are aware that the traditional family farm has been taken over by big business interests, and that some questionable… — Peter Singer Copy Share Image
Pain and suffering are in themselves bad and should be prevented or minimized, irrespective of the race, sex, or species of the… — Peter Singer Copy Share Image
The belief that the animals exist because God created them - and that he created them so we can better meet our… — Peter Singer Copy Share Image
If we compare a severely defective human infant with a nonhuman animal, a dog or a pig, for example, we will often… — Peter Singer Copy Share Image
With the eventual acceptance of Darwin's theory we reach a modern understanding of nature, one which has since then changed in detail… — Peter Singer Copy Share Image
“To protest about bullfighting in Spain, the eating of dogs in South Korea, or the slaughter of baby seals in Canada while… — Peter Singer Copy Share Image
No consideration at all is given to the interests of the "pests" - the very word "pest" seems to exclude any concern… — Peter Singer Copy Share Image
Forests and meat animals compete for the same land. The prodigious appetite of the affluent nations for meat means that agribusiness can… — Peter Singer Copy Share Image
The statement "I am in pain" may be one piece of evidence for the conclusion that the speaker is in pain, but… — Peter Singer Copy Share Image
So, basically, my view is I don't want to support the exploitation of animals, and within reason, I will do what I… — Peter Singer Copy Share Image
Habits of thought lead us to brush aside descriptions of cruelty to animals as emotional, for "animal-lovers only"; or if not that,… — Peter Singer Copy Share Image
It was wrong to capture wild animals and confine them in captivity for people to go and gawk at them. And that's… — Peter Singer Copy Share Image
According to classical utilitarianism, the only intrinsic good is happiness; the only intrinsic bad is pain. That implies no intrinsic value in… — Peter Singer Copy Share Image
It would be nonsense to say that it was not in the interests of a stone to be kicked along the road...A… — Peter Singer Copy Share Image
Racists violate the principle of equality by giving greater weight to the interests of members of their own race when there is… — Peter Singer Copy Share Image
I would not question the sincerity of vegetarians who take little interest in Animal Liberation because they give priority to other causes;… — Peter Singer Copy Share Image
So far as this argument is concerned nonhuman animals and infants and retarded humans are in the same category; and if we… — Peter Singer Copy Share Image
In most countries, it is possible to visit zoos and see bored animals pacing back and forth in cages, with nothing to… — Peter Singer Copy Share Image
People may hope that the meat they buy came from an animal who died without pain, but they do not really want… — Peter Singer Copy Share Image
Once we ask why it should be that all human beings - including infants, the intellectually disabled, criminal psychopaths, Hitler, Stalin, and… — Peter Singer Copy Share Image
I have never really been fond of animals. I certainly wasn't an 'animal lover' when I became involved in the movement. I just came… — Peter Singer Copy Share
Knowledge is generally considered a good thing; so, presumably, knowing more about how the U.S. thinks and operates around the world is also good. — Peter Singer Copy Share
The price we are willing to pay for safety cannot be infinite. It is distasteful to put a price on human life, but the… — Peter Singer Copy Share
The hope of Internet anarchists was that repressive governments would have only two options: accept the Internet with its limitless possibilities of spreading information,… — Peter Singer Copy Share
Nineteen thousand children [are] dying every day. Does it really matter that we're not walking past them in the street? Does it really matter… — Peter Singer Copy Share
“The unchallenged assumption is that humans may use animals for their own purposes, and they may raise and kill them to satisfy their preference… — Peter Singer Copy Share
Beginning to reason is like stepping onto an escalator that leads upward and out of sight. Once we take the first step, the distance… — Peter Singer Copy Share
“Population growth is not a reason against giving aid but a reason for reconsidering the kind of aid to give.” — Peter Singer Copy Share
Well the real concept of basic needs if you cut it right down are simply the physical needs that are unavoidable for all of… — Peter Singer Copy Share
“Dairy farmers routinely remove calves from their mothers at an early age so that the milk will be available for humans; anyone who has… — Peter Singer Copy Share
Attempts to defend amusement parks and circuses on the grounds that they 'educate' people about animals should not be taken seriously. Such enterprises are… — Peter Singer Copy Share
“A consequence of this alienation of humans from their own nature is that they are also alienated from each other. Productive activity becomes ‘activity… — Peter Singer Copy Share
“I argued against the view that the only obligation we have to strangers is to avoid harming them; but even if we were to… — Peter Singer Copy Share
I believe that in this new world that we live in, we often have a responsibility, you know, to actually go beyond the thou… — Peter Singer Copy Share
It may be thought justifiable to require tests on animals of potentially life-saving drugs, but the same kinds of tests are used for products… — Peter Singer Copy Share
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