Peter Singer Quotes

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• There could conceivably be circumstances in which an experiment on an animal stands to reduce suffering so much that it would be permissible to carry…
• In appropriate circumstances we are justified in using humans to achieve goals (or the goal of assisting animals).
• We are not especially 'interested in' animals. Neither of us had ever been inordinately fond of dogs, cats, or horses in the way that many…
• 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…
• The future of the world depends on how well we meet it.
• I believe that in this new world that we live in, we often have a responsibility, you know, to actually go beyond the thou shalt…
• There is a growing movement called effective altruism. It's important because it combines both the heart and the head.
• If you earn a lot of money, you can give away a lot of money.
• When children see animals in a circus, they learn that animals exist for our amusement. Quite apart from the cruelty involved in training and confining…
• Of those who die from avoidable, poverty-related causes, nearly 10 million, according to UNICEF, are children under five. They die from diseases such as measles,…
• It is easy for us to criticize the prejudices of our grandfathers, from which our fathers freed themselves. It is more difficult to distance ourselves…
• Will we rise to the challenge and prove our capacity for genuine altruism by ending our ruthless exploitation of the species in our power, not…
• There are some circumstances, for example, where the newborn baby is severely disabled and where the parents think that it's better that child should not…
• If we're going to live an ethical life, it's not enough just to follow the thou-shalt-nots. … If we have enough, we have to share…
• My aim is to advocate that we make this mental switch in respect of our attitudes and practices towards a very large group of beings:…
• At present scientists do not look for alternatives simply because they do not care enough about the animals they are using.
• When fish experience something that would cause other animals physical pain, they behave in ways suggestive of pain, and the change in behaviour may last…
• ...the nervous systems of other animals were not artificially constructed - as a robot might be artificially constructed - to mimic the pain behavior of…
• Typically, defenders of experiments on animals do not deny that animals suffer. They cannot deny the animals' suffering, because they need to stress the similarities…
• The most callous, stupid things were done just because regulations required them...It was not until 1983, for example, that U.S. federal agencies stated that substances…

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