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People often hope the meat they buy came from an animal that died without pain, yet they avoid the truth about its suffering. Other thoughts compare feeling with reasoning, warn about robotics and military uses, and ask the rich to use money for meaning rather than toys.

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Even in non-democratic countries, people have a legitimate interest in knowing about actions taken by the government.

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If people are prepared to eat locally and seasonally, then they probably do pretty well in terms of environmental impact.

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We tend to think that people are more to blame for their acts than for their omissions.

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We have a new generation of very rich people who want to do more with their money than buy a lot of…

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I think I get angry when people cause serious suffering or don't alleviate suffering when they could.

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As we realize that more and more things have global impact, I think we're going to get people increasingly wanting to get…

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Almost everybody accepts that some people can be killed. 'The concept of 'brain death' - the belief that people on respirators can…

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Grain that is used to feed animals that end up on our tables as turkeys and hams could have gone to feed…

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At the descriptive level, certainly, you would expect different cultures to develop different sorts of ethics and obviously they have; that doesn't…

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In an ideal world, the amount of money we spend on medical research to prevent or cure a disease would be proportional…

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When I was a child, my father used to take me for walks, often along a river or by the sea. We…

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It's because I work in ethics, and, more specifically, applied ethics, that I think it's important that if you have things to…

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I don't see how anyone could really think that if you have a choice between saving the life of one person and…

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Even people who are aware that the traditional family farm has been taken over by big business interests, and that some questionable…

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It is an indication of the extent to which people are now isolated from the animals they eat that children brought up…

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We may feel the pain of falling back from a level of affluence to which we have grown accustomed, but most people…

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Whatever the reason, for most of the present century, the literature and publicity of the old established [animal welfare] groups made a…

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If you have the abilities to earn a lot of money and if you have the character to persist in giving that…

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I'd much rather be part of a society which greatly honors and respects people who are altruists and who are effective in…

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People tend to care about dogs because they generally have more experience with dogs as companions; but other animals are as capable…

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There are many cases in which gifted children have done great things without special school programs. There are also gifted kids who…

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The statement "I am in pain" may be one piece of evidence for the conclusion that the speaker is in pain, but…

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Take for example providing a guide dog for a blind person. That's a good thing to do, right? All right. It is…

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Each of us spends money on things that we do not really need. You could take the money you're spending on those…

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We should aim for our children to be good people, and to live ethical lives that manifest concern for others as well…

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Americans think they're the leader of the world and yet can say that they're putting their economic interests ahead of the lives…

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Privacy about giving is counterproductive. There is solid scientific research showing that people are more likely to give if they can see…

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I know of a number of people who are successfully earning to give. That isn't for everyone but for those with the…

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Remember that not everyone is as strong as you are. Be mindful of human weakness, and of the fact that it may…

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Bush sees the evil as out there in the wider world, residing in people who 'hate freedom'. Look at his immediate response…

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We don't usually think of what we eat as a matter of ethics. Stealing, lying, hurting people - these acts are obviously…

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In my world of the people who study war and defense issues, we simply did not talk about robotics. We do not…

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There is no doubt that the world economy is in trouble. But if governments or individuals use this as an excuse to…

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If we use goods made from raw materials that are obtained from a poor country without the proceeds being used to benefit…

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Many European countries, as well as Australia, Canada, Israel, and New Zealand, have adopted legislation that creates a 'public lending right', where…

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The new freedom of expression brought by the Internet goes far beyond politics. People relate to each other in new ways, posing…

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The core of ethics runs deep in our species and is common to human beings everywhere. It survives the most appalling hardships…

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Without in any way minimising the economic and psychological blow that people experience when they lose their jobs, the unemployed in affluent…

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People may hope that the meat they buy came from an animal who died without pain, but they do not really want…

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Attempts to defend amusement parks and circuses on the grounds that they 'educate' people about animals should not be taken seriously. Such…

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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…

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.

The price we are willing to pay for safety cannot be infinite. It is distasteful to put a price on human life, but the…

The hope of Internet anarchists was that repressive governments would have only two options: accept the Internet with its limitless possibilities of spreading information,…

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…

“The unchallenged assumption is that humans may use animals for their own purposes, and they may raise and kill them to satisfy their preference…

Beginning to reason is like stepping onto an escalator that leads upward and out of sight. Once we take the first step, the distance…

“Population growth is not a reason against giving aid but a reason for reconsidering the kind of aid to give.”

Well the real concept of basic needs if you cut it right down are simply the physical needs that are unavoidable for all of…

“Dairy farmers routinely remove calves from their mothers at an early age so that the milk will be available for humans; anyone who has…

Attempts to defend amusement parks and circuses on the grounds that they 'educate' people about animals should not be taken seriously. Such enterprises are…

“A consequence of this alienation of humans from their own nature is that they are also alienated from each other. Productive activity becomes ‘activity…

“I argued against the view that the only obligation we have to strangers is to avoid harming them; but even if we were to…

I believe that in this new world that we live in, we often have a responsibility, you know, to actually go beyond the thou…

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…