If extreme poverty is allowed to increase, it will give rise to new problems, including new diseases that will spread from countries… — Peter Singer Copy Share Image
For a long time, rich countries have promised to reduce poverty but have failed to match their words with adequate action. Of… — Peter Singer Copy Share Image
Extreme poverty is not only a condition of unsatisfied material needs. It is often accompanied by a degrading state of powerlessness. — Peter Singer Copy Share Image
We certainly would resolve the problems of the charities that are working in areas where they can do the most good. So… — Peter Singer Copy Share Image
I just don't think that the differences you make by donating to a museum or an art gallery really compare to the… — Peter Singer Copy Share Image
Can we really believe that we are living a good life, an ethically decent life if we don't do anything serious to… — Peter Singer Copy Share Image
We need to recognise that what really matters isn't buying more and more consumer goods, but family, friends, and knowing that we… — Peter Singer Copy Share Image
To make sustainable progress in reducing extreme poverty will require improvements in both the quantity and quality of aid. — Peter Singer Copy Share Image
If we use goods made from raw materials that are obtained from a poor country without the proceeds being used to benefit… — Peter Singer Copy Share Image
“We have an obligation to help those in absolute poverty that is no less strong than our obligation to rescue a drowning… — Peter Singer Copy Share Image
There are many cases in which gifted children have done great things without special school programs. There are also gifted kids who… — 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
![“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 that they're far away? I don't think it does make a morally relevant difference.” quote by Peter Singer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/cc1/peter-singer-1001_children_nineteen-thousand-children-are-dying-eve_33961.jpg)
