At present scientists do not look for alternatives simply because they do not care enough about the animals they are using. — Peter Singer Copy Share Image
“Many people who think nothing of buying factory-farmed ham or chicken from a supermarket are quick to condemn hunting; yet hunting is… — Peter Singer Copy Share Image
In appropriate circumstances we are justified in using humans to achieve goals (or the goal of assisting animals). — Peter Singer Copy Share Image
Christianity is our foe. If animal rights is to succeed, we must destroy the Judeo-Christian religious tradition. — Peter Singer Copy Share Image
We should give the same respect to the lives of animals as we do to the lives of humans. — 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
Surely there will be some nonhuman animals whose lives, by any standards, are more valuable than the lives of some humans. — Peter Singer Copy Share Image
As for cages themselves, an ordinary citizen who kept dogs in similar conditions for their entire lives would risk prosecution for cruelty.… — Peter Singer Copy Share Image
The animal liberation movement is saying that where animals and humans have similar interests - we might take the interest in avoiding… — 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
“The unchallenged assumption is that humans may use animals for their own purposes, and they may raise and kill them to satisfy… — Peter Singer Copy Share Image
Several countries - among them Austria, Costa Rica, Denmark, Finland, India, Israel and Sweden - ban or severely restrict the use of… — 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
I have never really been fond of animals. I certainly wasn't an 'animal lover' when I became involved in the movement. I… — Peter Singer Copy Share Image
There has been opposition to experimenting on animals for a long time. This opposition has made little headway because experimenters, backed by… — Peter Singer Copy Share Image
“If we have learned anything from the liberation movements, we should have learned how difficult it is to be aware of the… — 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
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
My aim is to advocate that we make this mental switch in respect of our attitudes and practices towards a very large… — Peter Singer Copy Share Image
If animals are no longer quite outside the moral sphere, they are still in a special section near the outer rim. Their… — Peter Singer Copy Share Image
“The animals themselves are incapable of demanding their own liberation, or of protesting against their condition with votes, demonstrations, or bombs. Human… — Peter Singer Copy Share Image
“An area of land used for crops will feed about ten times as many people as the same area of land used… — Peter Singer Copy Share Image
Animal factories are one more sign of the extent to which our technological capacities have advanced faster than our ethics. — Peter Singer Copy Share Image
In most of the world, it is accepted that if animals are to be killed for food, they should be killed without… — Peter Singer Copy Share Image
All the arguments to prove man's superiority cannot shatter this hard fact: in suffering the animals are our equals. — Peter Singer Copy Share Image
Grain that is used to feed animals that end up on our tables as turkeys and hams could have gone to feed… — Peter Singer Copy Share Image
You shouldn't say 'animals' to distinguish between humans and non-humans. We are all animals. — 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
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
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
There is no doubt that there is a huge difference between human and nonhuman animals. But what we are overlooking is the… — Peter Singer Copy Share Image
If you're buying animal products and can go to the farm and actually see how the animals are looked after, yes, that's… — Peter Singer Copy Share Image
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
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
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
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
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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