The newspapers do little better. Their coverage of nonhuman animals is dominated by "human interest" events like the birth of a baby… — Peter Singer Copy Share Image
Pain and suffering are in themselves bad and should be prevented or minimized, irrespective of the race, sex, or species of the… — Peter Singer Copy Share Image
To give preference to the life of a being simply because that being is a member of our species would put us… — Peter Singer Copy Share Image
Pain is pain, and the importance of preventing unnecessary pain and suffering does not diminish because the being that suffers is not… — 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
...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
With the eventual acceptance of Darwin's theory we reach a modern understanding of nature, one which has since then changed in detail… — Peter Singer Copy Share Image
Racists violate the principle of equality by giving greater weight to the interests of members of their own race when there is… — Peter Singer Copy Share Image
The core of ethics runs deep in our species and is common to human beings everywhere. It survives the most appalling hardships… — 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
So far as this argument is concerned nonhuman animals and infants and retarded humans are in the same category; and if we… — Peter Singer Copy Share Image
My aim is to advocate that we make this mental switch in respect of our attitudes and practices towards a very large… — 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 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
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