The capacity to reason is a special sort of capacity because it can lead us to places that we did not expect… — Peter Singer Copy Share Image
Animal factories are one more sign of the extent to which our technological capacities have advanced faster than our ethics. — Peter Singer Copy Share Image
The only justifiable stopping place for for the expansion of altruism is the point at which all whose welfare can be affected… — Peter Singer Copy Share Image
It is now generally accepted that the roots of our ethics lie in patterns of behavior that evolved among our pre-human ancestors,… — Peter Singer Copy Share Image
Will we rise to the challenge and prove our capacity for genuine altruism by ending our ruthless exploitation of the species in… — 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 we compare a severely defective human infant with a nonhuman animal, a dog or a pig, for example, we will often… — Peter Singer Copy Share Image
What is there about the notion of a person, at law, that makes every living member of the species Homo sapiens a… — Peter Singer Copy Share Image
...the nervous systems of other animals were not artificially constructed - as a robot might be artificially constructed - to mimic the… — Peter Singer Copy Share Image
Suppose I grant that pigs and dogs are self-aware to some degree, and do have thoughts about things in the future. That… — Peter Singer Copy Share Image
...chimpanzees, bonobos, gorillas, and orangutans are thinking, self-aware beings, capable of planning ahead, who form lasting social bonds with others and have… — 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
