I think I get angry when people cause serious suffering or don't alleviate suffering when they could. — Peter Singer Copy Share Image
My own view is that being a vegetarian or vegan is not an end in itself, but a means towards reducing both… — 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
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
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
Were we incapable of empathy – of putting ourselves in the position of others and seeing that their suffering is like our… — Peter Singer Copy Share Image
One thing is certain: you will find plenty of worthwhile things to do. You will not be bored, or lack fulfillment in… — 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
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
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 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
I am not saying that factory farming is the same as the Holocaust or the slave trade, but it's clear that there… — 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
Typically, defenders of experiments on animals do not deny that animals suffer. They cannot deny the animals' suffering, because they need to… — 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 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
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
It may be thought justifiable to require tests on animals of potentially life-saving drugs, but the same kinds of tests are used… — 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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