To make sustainable progress in reducing extreme poverty will require improvements in both the quantity and quality of aid. — Peter Singer Copy Share Image
Knowing that we can control our own behaviour makes it more likely that we will. — Peter Singer Copy Share Image
Americans think they're the leader of the world and yet can say that they're putting their economic interests ahead of the lives… — Peter Singer Copy Share Image
Of all the arguments against voluntary euthanasia, the most influential is the 'slippery slope': once we allow doctors to kill patients, we… — 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,… — Peter Singer Copy Share Image
Every profession will have its rogues, of course, no matter what oaths are sworn, but many health care professionals have a real… — Peter Singer Copy Share Image
For example, one way of giving yourself a strong incentive to reach your goal is to commit to pay money to someone… — Peter Singer Copy Share Image
They tend to be pretty abstract ones then, like doing what will have the best consequences; obviously you wouldn't specify what consequences… — Peter Singer Copy Share Image
To be a utilitarian means that you judge actions as right or wrong in accordance with whether they have good consequences. So… — Peter Singer Copy Share Image
So, basically, my view is I don't want to support the exploitation of animals, and within reason, I will do what I… — Peter Singer Copy Share Image
There is no excuse for keeping wild animals in amusement parks or circuses. Until our governments take action, we should avoid supporting… — Peter Singer Copy Share Image
I don't eat meat. I've been a vegetarian since 1971. I've gradually become increasingly vegan. I am largely vegan, but I'm a… — Peter Singer Copy Share Image
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
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
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
