Every profession will have its rogues, of course, no matter what oaths are sworn, but many health care professionals have a real… — Peter Singer Copy Share Image
If we all think only of our own interests, we are headed for collective disaster - just look at what we are… — Peter Singer Copy Share Image
As we realize that more and more things have global impact, I think we're going to get people increasingly wanting to get… — Peter Singer Copy Share Image
Even in non-democratic countries, people have a legitimate interest in knowing about actions taken by the government. — Peter Singer Copy Share Image
Interest in business ethics courses has surged, and student activities at leading business schools are more focused than ever before on making… — 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
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
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
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
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 an obvious evolutionary explanation for the scarcity of altruistic saints: Without a strong predilection for their own interests, our ancestors… — 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
If a being suffers there can be no moral justification for refusing to take that suffering into consideration. No matter what the… — 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
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
Do business managers have a commitment to anything more than the success of their company and to making money? It would be… — 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
Unfortunately for ethical egoism, the claim that we will all be better off if every one of us does what is in… — 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
