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Becoming a vegetarian is not merely a symbolic gesture. Nor is it an attempt to isolate oneself from the ugly realities of…
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The problem is not with the athletes, but with us. No matter how blatant the drug use may be, we don't stop…
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We see things like reciprocity which are fairly central to our view of ethics. But if you're talking about a set of…
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I would like us to think about it more explicitly, and not take our intuitions as the given of ethics, but rather…
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If a being suffers there can be no moral justification for refusing to take that suffering into consideration. No matter what the…
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Pain is pain, and the importance of preventing unnecessary pain and suffering does not diminish because the being that suffers is not…
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People tend to care about dogs because they generally have more experience with dogs as companions; but other animals are as capable…
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There has been opposition to experimenting on animals for a long time. This opposition has made little headway because experimenters, backed by…
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It may be thought justifiable to require tests on animals of potentially life-saving drugs, but the same kinds of tests are used…
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As for cages themselves, an ordinary citizen who kept dogs in similar conditions for their entire lives would risk prosecution for cruelty.…
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With the eventual acceptance of Darwin's theory we reach a modern understanding of nature, one which has since then changed in detail…
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...chimpanzees, bonobos, gorillas, and orangutans are thinking, self-aware beings, capable of planning ahead, who form lasting social bonds with others and have…
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It should be the highest ambition of every American to extend his views beyond himself, and to bear in mind that his…
— George Washington
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No one who has not had the responsibility can really understand what it is like to be President, not even his closest…
— Harry S. Truman
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On a personal level, Freaking Out is a process whereby an individual casts off outmoded and restricting standards of thinking, dress, and…
— Frank Zappa
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Now, apparently strengthened as by a new spirit, with "might in the inner man," he labored with renewed energy and zeal; and…
— Unknown Author
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The talented employee may join a company because of its charismatic leaders, its generous benefits, and its world-class training programs, but how…
— Marcus Buckingham
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Modern man's besetting temptation is to sacrifice his direct perceptions and spontaneous feelings to his reasoned reflections; to prefer in all circumstances…
— Aldous Huxley
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The criminal is trying to solve his immediate problems.
— Naguib Mahfouz
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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…
— Peter Singer
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Only Jesus has prophecies made hundreds of years in advance made literally true. Only He did miracles; only His immediate followers claimed…
— Norman Geisler
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Until he lost all his money, my father was a successful north London Jewish businessman. He was unusual among his immediate family…
— Anthony Horowitz
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Art is the window to man's soul. Without it, he would never be able to see beyond his immediate world; nor could…
— Unknown Author
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I'm confident that, were I mayor, I would do some things differently than he has. But I think there's a world of…
— David Dinkins
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