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Interest Quotes by Peter Singer
- If a being suffers there can be no moral justification for refusing to take that suffering into consideration. No matter what the nature of the…
- There has been opposition to experimenting on animals for a long time. This opposition has made little headway because experimenters, backed by commercial firms that…
- It would be nonsense to say that it was not in the interests of a stone to be kicked along the road...A stone has no…
- If animals are no longer quite outside the moral sphere, they are still in a special section near the outer rim. Their interests are allowed…
- The newspapers do little better. Their coverage of nonhuman animals is dominated by "human interest" events like the birth of a baby gorilla at the…
- Even people who are aware that the traditional family farm has been taken over by big business interests, and that some questionable experiments go on…
- No consideration at all is given to the interests of the "pests" - the very word "pest" seems to exclude any concern for the animals…
- We ought to consider the interests of animals because they have interests and it is unjustifiable to exclude them from the sphere of moral concern;…
- Racists violate the principle of equality by giving greater weight to the interests of members of their own race when there is a clash between…
- As we realize that more and more things have global impact, I think we're going to get people increasingly wanting to get away from a…
- 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 all think only of our own interests, we are headed for collective disaster - just look at what we are doing to our…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- I would not question the sincerity of vegetarians who take little interest in Animal Liberation because they give priority to other causes; but when nonvegetarians…
- The animal liberation movement is saying that where animals and humans have similar interests - we might take the interest in avoiding physical pain as…
- Even in non-democratic countries, people have a legitimate interest in knowing about actions taken by the government.
- As we realise that more and more things have global impact, I think we're going to get people increasingly wanting to get away from a…
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