Peter Singer Quotes

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• Bush sees the evil as out there in the wider world, residing in people who 'hate freedom'. Look at his immediate response to the pictures…
• Do business managers have a commitment to anything more than the success of their company and to making money? It would be hard to say…
• Every profession will have its rogues, of course, no matter what oaths are sworn, but many health care professionals have a real commitment to serving…
• Had Rumsfeld said at any time 'get me a report on what's going on', he could have had it. You're right, it depends on choices…
• I believe that nationalism is a very strong force, but there are other forces operating; there are tendencies pushing towards a larger picture, especially in…
• I honestly don't know, but if America continues to refuse to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions, I see a bleak future not only for American…
• I suppose what's happened recently has confirmed suspicions I voiced in the book, and I think made clearer some of those things that I point…
• In a situation where many national leaders do the same thing and look out for national interests, and with an issue like global warming, you're…
• It's also much clearer how much damage the occupation of Iraq is doing to America's reputation and prestige around the world; and that's just starting…
• So, basically, my view is I don't want to support the exploitation of animals, and within reason, I will do what I can to avoid…
• The hope of Internet anarchists was that repressive governments would have only two options: accept the Internet with its limitless possibilities of spreading information, or…
• The idea that we can actually have an impact on places more or less instantly, too, by responding in some way or not responding, I…
• The Pentagon said that these prisoners were kept in accordance with the Geneva Convention, and of course I was not reassured by that, but I…
• To be a utilitarian means that you judge actions as right or wrong in accordance with whether they have good consequences. So you try to…
• Today, if you have an Internet connection, you have at your fingertips an amount of information previously available only to those with access to the…
• We may feel the pain of falling back from a level of affluence to which we have grown accustomed, but most people in developed countries…
• We need to learn how to capture and kill wild fish humanely - or, if that is not possible, to find less cruel and more…
• We need to recognise that what really matters isn't buying more and more consumer goods, but family, friends, and knowing that we are doing something…
• Well the real concept of basic needs if you cut it right down are simply the physical needs that are unavoidable for all of us.…
• What you could say, and what I do argue in the book, is that he doesn't have as much concern for the lives of Iraqis…

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