The Internet, like the steam engine, is a technological breakthrough that changed the world. — Peter Singer Copy Share Image
According to the Dominant Western tradition, the natural world exists for the benefit of human beings. — Peter Singer Copy Share Image
Bush is morally a universalist. For instance, he says the freedom is good, the same thing is good, all over the world.… — 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
I don't think there's much point in bemoaning the state of the world unless there's some way you can think of to… — Peter Singer Copy Share Image
If somebody has an extreme amount of wealth and is not using it for some good purpose, only for their own enjoyment… — 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
Knowledge is generally considered a good thing; so, presumably, knowing more about how the U.S. thinks and operates around the world is… — Peter Singer Copy Share Image
Had Rumsfeld said at any time 'get me a report on what's going on', he could have had it. You're right, it… — Peter Singer Copy Share Image
In the real world, 90% of the money spent on medical research is focused on conditions that are responsible for just 10%… — 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
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
We need to recognise that what really matters isn't buying more and more consumer goods, but family, friends, and knowing that we… — 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
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
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
Today, if you have an Internet connection, you have at your fingertips an amount of information previously available only to those with… — Peter Singer Copy Share Image
Can we really believe that we are living a good life, an ethically decent life if we don't do anything serious to… — Peter Singer Copy Share Image
In some parts of the world, what you are doing is already apparent.According to the World Health Organization, the warming of the… — Peter Singer Copy Share Image
If zoos are like arks, then rare animals are like passengers on a voyage of the damned, never to find a port… — 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
In my world of the people who study war and defense issues, we simply did not talk about robotics. We do not… — Peter Singer Copy Share Image
It's also much clearer how much damage the occupation of Iraq is doing to America's reputation and prestige around the world; and… — Peter Singer Copy Share Image
I honestly don't know, but if America continues to refuse to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions, I see a bleak future not… — Peter Singer Copy Share Image
Google has withdrawn from China, arguing that it is no longer willing to design its search engine to block information that the… — Peter Singer Copy Share Image
I believe that in this new world that we live in, we often have a responsibility, you know, to actually go beyond… — Peter Singer Copy Share Image
We certainly would resolve the problems of the charities that are working in areas where they can do the most good. So… — Peter Singer Copy Share Image
There is no doubt that the world economy is in trouble. But if governments or individuals use this as an excuse to… — 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
