Personal purity isn’t really the issue. Not supporting animal abuse – and persuading others not to support it – is. — 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
Even in the era of AIDS, sex raises no unique moral issues at all. Decisions about sex may involve considerations about honesty,… — Peter Singer Copy Share Image
I would like us to think about it more explicitly, and not take our intuitions as the given of ethics, but rather… — Peter Singer Copy Share Image
History is not going to look kindly on us if we just keep our head in the sand on armed autonomous robotics… — Peter Singer Copy Share Image
In a situation where many national leaders do the same thing and look out for national interests, and with an issue like… — Peter Singer Copy Share Image
My work is based on the assumption that clarity and consistency in our moral thinking is likely, in the long run, to… — Peter Singer Copy Share Image
When you look at food as an ethical issue in the Christian tradition, you don't find very much about it. You don't… — 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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
“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 Image
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 Image
“Population growth is not a reason against giving aid but a reason for reconsidering the kind of aid to give.” — Peter Singer Copy Share Image
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 Image
“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 Image
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 Image
“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 Image