Peter Singer Quotes

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• I am not saying that factory farming is the same as the Holocaust or the slave trade, but it's clear that there is an immense…
• We have a new generation of very rich people who want to do more with their money than buy a lot of expensive toys. They…
• Grain that is used to feed animals that end up on our tables as turkeys and hams could have gone to feed starving people.
• I don't think nationalism is alone holding the field; it's in contention with a lot of different things.
• I don't think there's anything in the compromise that means that there's a clash of ethics.
• I don't understand the notion that modern farming is anything do to with nature. It's a pretty gross interference with nature.
• I think ethics is always there; it's not always a very thoughtful or reflective ethics.
• I'm a Utilitarian, so I don't see the rule against lying as absolute; it's always subject to some overriding utility which may prevent its exercise.
• If we all think only of our own interests, we are headed for collective disaster - just look at what we are doing to our…
• If we can put a man on the moon and sequence the human genome, we should be able to devise something close to a universal…
• There is no humane slaughter requirement for wild fish caught and killed at sea, nor, in most places, for farmed fish.
• I can tell you that too much money is corrupting American politics. Don't blame the American public. The U.S. Supreme Court has a lot to…
• I'm not overly alarmist about it, but I do think there are some worrying signs, like the growing accumulation of wealth by a very small…
• If governments did not mislead their citizens so often, there would be less need for secrecy, and if leaders knew they could not rely on…
• If we are concerned about the exploitation of human workers in countries with low standards of worker protection, we should also be concerned about the…
• If you go back in time you'll find tribes that were essentially only concerned with their own tribal members. If you were a member of…
• If you're buying animal products and can go to the farm and actually see how the animals are looked after, yes, that's an important point.…
• In the sense that you're not at the centre of power, like a president or prime minister of a major power, everyone is marginalised; my…
• Interest in business ethics courses has surged, and student activities at leading business schools are more focused than ever before on making business serve long-term…
• My work is based on the assumption that clarity and consistency in our moral thinking is likely, in the long run, to lead us to…

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