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One 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…
- With the eventual acceptance of Darwin's theory we reach a modern understanding of nature, one which has since then changed in detail rather than in…
- Should one break in and free the animals? That is illegal, but the obligation to obey the law is not absolute. It was justifiably broken…
- Habits of thought lead us to brush aside descriptions of cruelty to animals as emotional, for "animal-lovers only"; or if not that, then anyway the…
- The statement "I am in pain" may be one piece of evidence for the conclusion that the speaker is in pain, but it is not…
- Sometimes animals may suffer more because of their more limited understanding. If, for instance, we are taking prisoners in wartime we can explain to them…
- One thing is certain: you will find plenty of worthwhile things to do. You will not be bored, or lack fulfillment in your life. Most…
- Animal factories are one more sign of the extent to which our technological capacities have advanced faster than our ethics.
- 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…
- What one generation finds ridiculous, the next accepts; and the third shudders when it looks back on what the first did.
- If possessing a higher degree of intelligence does not entitle one human to use another for his or her own ends, how can it entitle…
- The animal liberation movement is saying that where animals and humans have similar interests - we might take the interest in avoiding physical pain as…
- Paradoxically, resource-rich developing countries are often worse off than comparable countries that lack those resources. One reason for this is that large resource endowments provide…
- For example, one way of giving yourself a strong incentive to reach your goal is to commit to pay money to someone if you fail.…
- Then I think the sense of it being one community breaks down; but if you know instantly and respond within twenty-four hours, it's a very…
More One Quotes
- All human actions have one or more of these seven causes: chance, nature, compulsions, habit, reason, passion, desire. — Aristotle
- Poets are the only people to whom love is not only a crucial, but an indispensable experience, which entitles them to mistake… — Hannah Arendt
- No cause is left but the most ancient of all, the one, in fact, that from the beginning of our history has… — Hannah Arendt
- Trust is the one most important base on which the beautiful building of strong friendship can be built. — Anurag Prakash Ray
- Economic growth may one day turn out to be a curse rather than a good, and under no conditions can it either… — Hannah Arendt
- We construct a narrative for ourselves, and that's the thread that we follow from one day to the next. People who disintegrate… — Paul Auster
- Grief makes one hour ten. — William Shakespeare
- A great city is not to be confounded with a populous one. — Aristotle