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Ethical Quotes by Peter Singer
- I would like us to think about it more explicitly, and not take our intuitions as the given of ethics, but rather to reflect on…
- In the past 20 years alone, it adds up to more death than were caused by all the civil and international wars adn government repression…
- We don't usually think of what we eat as a matter of ethics. Stealing, lying, hurting people - these acts are obviously relevant to our…
- Unfortunately for ethical egoism, the claim that we will all be better off if every one of us does what is in his or her…
- 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…
- We should aim for our children to be good people, and to live ethical lives that manifest concern for others as well as for themselves.
- At the descriptive level, certainly, you would expect different cultures to develop different sorts of ethics and obviously they have; that doesn't mean that you…
- 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…
- 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…
- Were we incapable of empathy – of putting ourselves in the position of others and seeing that their suffering is like our own – then…
- You might hold an ethical position that it's wrong to lie, but if you have plans for a war in Iraq, and you want to…
More Ethical Quotes
- WikiLeaks is designed to make capitalism more free and ethical. — Julian Assange
- If I pick up a book with vampires on the cover, I want there to be vampires. If I pick up a… — Margaret Atwood
- The industrial revolution has tended to produce everywhere great urban masses that seem to be increasingly careless of ethical standards. — Irving Babbitt
- The platform of an Ethical Society is itself the altar; the address must be the fire that burns thereon. — Felix Adler
- No amount of cajolery, and no attempts at ethical or social seduction, can eradicate from my heart a deep burning hatred for… — Aneurin Bevan
- A country should be defended not by arms, but by ethical behavior. — Vinoba Bhave
- Stem cell research must be carried out in an ethical manner in a way that respects the sanctity of human life. — John Boehner
- The humanists' replacement for religion: work really hard and somehow you'll either save yourself or you'll be immortal. Of course, that's a… — David Bowie