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
Almost everybody accepts that some people can be killed. 'The concept of 'brain death' - the belief that people on respirators can… — Peter Singer Copy Share Image
We have a new generation of very rich people who want to do more with their money than buy a lot of… — Peter Singer Copy Share Image
I think I get angry when people cause serious suffering or don't alleviate suffering when they could. — Peter Singer Copy Share Image
We tend to think that people are more to blame for their acts than for their omissions. — 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
If people are prepared to eat locally and seasonally, then they probably do pretty well in terms of environmental impact. — Peter Singer Copy Share Image
We should aim for our children to be good people, and to live ethical lives that manifest concern for others as well… — Peter Singer Copy Share Image
Remember that not everyone is as strong as you are. Be mindful of human weakness, and of the fact that it may… — Peter Singer Copy Share Image
We don't usually think of what we eat as a matter of ethics. Stealing, lying, hurting people - these acts are obviously… — Peter Singer Copy Share Image
Bush sees the evil as out there in the wider world, residing in people who 'hate freedom'. Look at his immediate response… — Peter Singer Copy Share Image
We may feel the pain of falling back from a level of affluence to which we have grown accustomed, but most people… — Peter Singer Copy Share Image
Americans think they're the leader of the world and yet can say that they're putting their economic interests ahead of the lives… — Peter Singer Copy Share Image
Privacy about giving is counterproductive. There is solid scientific research showing that people are more likely to give if they can see… — Peter Singer Copy Share Image
I know of a number of people who are successfully earning to give. That isn't for everyone but for those with the… — Peter Singer Copy Share Image
It is an indication of the extent to which people are now isolated from the animals they eat that children brought up… — Peter Singer Copy Share Image
People tend to care about dogs because they generally have more experience with dogs as companions; but other animals are as capable… — Peter Singer Copy Share Image
There are many cases in which gifted children have done great things without special school programs. There are also gifted kids who… — Peter Singer Copy Share Image
I'd much rather be part of a society which greatly honors and respects people who are altruists and who are effective in… — Peter Singer Copy Share Image
If you have the abilities to earn a lot of money and if you have the character to persist in giving that… — 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
Each of us spends money on things that we do not really need. You could take the money you're spending on those… — Peter Singer Copy Share Image
Take for example providing a guide dog for a blind person. That's a good thing to do, right? All right. It is… — 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
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
At the descriptive level, certainly, you would expect different cultures to develop different sorts of ethics and obviously they have; that doesn't… — Peter Singer Copy Share Image
When I was a child, my father used to take me for walks, often along a river or by the sea. We… — Peter Singer Copy Share Image
In an ideal world, the amount of money we spend on medical research to prevent or cure a disease would be proportional… — 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
It's because I work in ethics, and, more specifically, applied ethics, that I think it's important that if you have things to… — Peter Singer Copy Share Image
I don't see how anyone could really think that if you have a choice between saving the life of one person and… — Peter Singer Copy Share Image
Egoism... is not eliminated by economic reorganization or by material abundance. When basic needs are satisfied, new 'needs' emerge. In our society,… — Peter Singer Copy Share Image
Lay off with the 'You reason, so you don't feel' stuff, please. I feel, but I also think about what I feel.… — Peter Singer Copy Share Image
I don't eat meat. I've been a vegetarian since 1971. I've gradually become increasingly vegan. I am largely vegan, but I'm a… — Peter Singer Copy Share Image
Evolution has no moral direction. An evolutionary understanding of human nature can explain the differing intuitions we have when we are faced… — Peter Singer Copy Share Image
More people with HIV/Aids are getting inexpensive anti-retroviral drugs, and their life expectancy has increased, but universal access is still far off,… — Peter Singer Copy Share Image
My fear is that that's what's going to happen with robotics and the military. Importantly, this discussion has to involve not just… — 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
Charitable giving is a huge sector in the United States. It amounts to $350 billion a year. And yet, I can't help… — 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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