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Nonhuman Quotes by Peter Singer
- Becoming a vegetarian is not merely a symbolic gesture. Nor is it an attempt to isolate oneself from the ugly realities of the world, to…
- 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…
- What is there about the notion of a person, at law, that makes every living member of the species Homo sapiens a person, irrespective of…
- So far as this argument is concerned nonhuman animals and infants and retarded humans are in the same category; and if we use this argument…
- If we compare a severely defective human infant with a nonhuman animal, a dog or a pig, for example, we will often find the nonhuman…
- Surely there will be some nonhuman animals whose lives, by any standards, are more valuable than the lives of some humans.
- There is no doubt that there is a huge difference between human and nonhuman animals. But what we are overlooking is the fact that nonhuman…
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- We all move on the fringes of eternity and are sometimes granted vistas through fabric of illusion. Many refuse to admit it:… — Ansel Adams
- Becoming a vegetarian is not merely a symbolic gesture. Nor is it an attempt to isolate oneself from the ugly realities of… — Peter Singer
- To me, a philosopher who says that the distinction between human and nonhuman depends on whether you have a white or a… — J M Coetzee
- If animals are no longer quite outside the moral sphere, they are still in a special section near the outer rim. Their… — Peter Singer
- The newspapers do little better. Their coverage of nonhuman animals is dominated by "human interest" events like the birth of a baby… — Peter Singer
- We are all animals of this planet. We are all creatures. And nonhuman animals experience pain sensations just like we do. They… — Joaquin Phoenix
- The mode of consciousness of nonhuman species is quite different from human consciousness. — J M Coetzee
- I don't have a hands-on fondness for animals. I did not grow up bonded to any particular nonhuman animal. I like them… — Wayne Pacelle