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> [For most humans, especially for those in modern urban and suburban communities, the most direct form of contact with nonhuman animals is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-singer/for-most-humans-especially-for-those-in-modern-urban-and-suburban/)

[Peter Singer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-singer/)

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> [The only justifiable stopping place for for the expansion of altruism is the point at which all whose welfare can be affected…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-singer/the-only-justifiable-stopping-place-for-for-the-expansion-of-altruism/)

[Peter Singer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-singer/)

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> [To be a utilitarian means that you judge actions as right or wrong in accordance with whether they have good consequences. So…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-singer/to-be-a-utilitarian-means-that-you-judge-actions-as-right-or-wrong-in/)

[Peter Singer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-singer/)

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## Other authors on Affected

## More by Peter Singer

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-singer/i-have-never-really-been-fond-of-animals-i-certainly-wasn-t-an-animal/)

[Peter Singer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-singer/)

> [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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-singer/knowledge-is-generally-considered-a-good-thing-so-presumably-knowing/)

[Peter Singer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-singer/)

> [The price we are willing to pay for safety cannot be infinite. It is distasteful to put a price on human life, but the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-singer/the-price-we-are-willing-to-pay-for-safety-cannot-be-infinite-it-is/)

[Peter Singer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-singer/)

> [The hope of Internet anarchists was that repressive governments would have only two options: accept the Internet with its limitless possibilities of spreading information,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-singer/the-hope-of-internet-anarchists-was-that-repressive-governments-would/)

[Peter Singer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-singer/)

> [ 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… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-singer/nineteen-thousand-children-are-dying-every-day-does-it-really-matter/)

[Peter Singer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-singer/)

> [“The unchallenged assumption is that humans may use animals for their own purposes, and they may raise and kill them to satisfy their preference…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-singer/the-unchallenged-assumption-is-that-humans-may-use-animals-for-their/)

[Peter Singer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-singer/)

> [Beginning to reason is like stepping onto an escalator that leads upward and out of sight. Once we take the first step, the distance…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-singer/beginning-to-reason-is-like-stepping-onto-an-escalator-that-leads/)

[Peter Singer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-singer/)

> [“Population growth is not a reason against giving aid but a reason for reconsidering the kind of aid to give.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-singer/population-growth-is-not-a-reason-against-giving-aid-but-a-reason-for/)

[Peter Singer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-singer/)

> [Well the real concept of basic needs if you cut it right down are simply the physical needs that are unavoidable for all of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-singer/well-the-real-concept-of-basic-needs-if-you-cut-it-right-down-are/)

[Peter Singer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-singer/)

> [“Dairy farmers routinely remove calves from their mothers at an early age so that the milk will be available for humans; anyone who has…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-singer/dairy-farmers-routinely-remove-calves-from-their-mothers-at-an-early/)

[Peter Singer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-singer/)

> [Attempts to defend amusement parks and circuses on the grounds that they 'educate' people about animals should not be taken seriously. Such enterprises are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-singer/attempts-to-defend-amusement-parks-and-circuses-on-the-grounds-that/)

[Peter Singer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-singer/)

> [“A consequence of this alienation of humans from their own nature is that they are also alienated from each other. Productive activity becomes ‘activity…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-singer/a-consequence-of-this-alienation-of-humans-from-their-own-nature-is/)

[Peter Singer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-singer/)

> [“I argued against the view that the only obligation we have to strangers is to avoid harming them; but even if we were to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-singer/i-argued-against-the-view-that-the-only-obligation-we-have-to/)

[Peter Singer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-singer/)

> [I believe that in this new world that we live in, we often have a responsibility, you know, to actually go beyond the thou…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-singer/i-believe-that-in-this-new-world-that-we-live-in-we-often-have-a/)

[Peter Singer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-singer/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-singer/it-may-be-thought-justifiable-to-require-tests-on-animals-of/)

[Peter Singer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-singer/)

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