We may feel the pain of falling back from a level of affluence to which we have grown accustomed, but most people… — Peter Singer Copy Share Image
The goal of maximizing the welfare of all may be better achieved by an ethic that accepts our inclinations and harnesses them… — Peter Singer Copy Share Image
Remember that not everyone is as strong as you are. Be mindful of human weakness, and of the fact that it may… — Peter Singer Copy Share Image
There are a lot of weapons that we've developed which we've pulled back from - biological weapons, chemical weapons, etc. This may… — Peter Singer Copy Share Image
The problem is not with the athletes, but with us. No matter how blatant the drug use may be, we don't stop… — Peter Singer Copy Share Image
I'm a Utilitarian, so I don't see the rule against lying as absolute; it's always subject to some overriding utility which may… — Peter Singer Copy Share Image
Some vegetarians and vegans may object to in vitro meat, because they don't see the need for meat at all. That's fine… — Peter Singer Copy Share Image
When fish experience something that would cause other animals physical pain, they behave in ways suggestive of pain, and the change in… — 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 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
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
Human decision-making is complex. On our own, our tendency to yield to short-term temptations, and even to addictions, may be too strong… — Peter Singer Copy Share Image
People may hope that the meat they buy came from an animal who died without pain, but they do not really want… — 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
