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Own Quotes by Peter Singer
- The problem is not with the athletes, but with us. No matter how blatant the drug use may be, we don't stop watching the Tour…
- Pain is pain, and the importance of preventing unnecessary pain and suffering does not diminish because the being that suffers is not a member of…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- It is easy for us to criticize the prejudices of our grandfathers, from which our fathers freed themselves. It is more difficult to distance ourselves…
- My aim is to advocate that we make this mental switch in respect of our attitudes and practices towards a very large group of beings:…
- Human decision-making is complex. On our own, our tendency to yield to short-term temptations, and even to addictions, may be too strong for our rational,…
- Knowing that we can control our own behaviour makes it more likely that we will.
- If we all think only of our own interests, we are headed for collective disaster - just look at what we are doing to our…
- If you go back in time you'll find tribes that were essentially only concerned with their own tribal members. If you were a member of…
- Were we incapable of empathy – of putting ourselves in the position of others and seeing that their suffering is like our own – then…
- 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…
- My own view is that being a vegetarian or vegan is not an end in itself, but a means towards reducing both human and animal…
More Own Quotes
- Power and violence are opposites; where the one rules absolutely, the other is absent. Violence appears where power is in jeopardy, but… — Hannah Arendt
- I am a free man. I do not need to copy Petrarca or Boccaccio. My own genius is enough. Let others worry… — Pietro Aretino
- Mothers are fonder than fathers of their children because they are more certain they are their own. — Aristotle
- Men create gods after their own image, not only with regard to their form but with regard to their mode of life. — Aristotle
- The generality of men are naturally apt to be swayed by fear rather than reverence, and to refrain from evil rather because… — Aristotle
- I believe that the whole idea of the consumer society is tottering. We've kept ourselves going by producing more and more goods,… — Paul Auster
- I was always interested in French poetry sort of as a sideline to my own work, I was translating contemporary French poets.… — Paul Auster
- Punk has always been about doing things your own way. What it represents for me is ultimate freedom and a sense of… — Billie Joe Armstrong