For most humans, especially for those in modern urban and suburban communities, the most direct form of contact with nonhuman animals is… — Peter Singer Copy Share Image
Animals, or at least those who are conscious and capable of suffering or enjoying their lives, are not things for us to… — Peter Singer Copy Share Image
If possessing a higher degree of intelligence does not entitle one human to use another for his or her own ends, how… — 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
Several countries - among them Austria, Costa Rica, Denmark, Finland, India, Israel and Sweden - ban or severely restrict the use of… — 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
There is no doubt that the world economy is in trouble. But if governments or individuals use this as an excuse to… — Peter Singer Copy Share Image
When I was a child, my father used to take me for walks, often along a river or by the sea. We… — Peter Singer Copy Share Image
An animal experiment cannot be justifiable unless the experiment is so important that the use of a brain-damaged human would be justifiable. — Peter Singer Copy Share Image
Most of the robots being developed for home use are functional in design - Gecko's homecare robot looks rather like the Star… — 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
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
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