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Peter Singer has 200 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:
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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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Popular Rich Countries quotes from across the collection:
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Governments of rich countries spend some $6bn of tax money a year on disaster relief and development aid overseas, while each new…
— James Buchan
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Even strong as they are today, rich countries should have no illusion: nobody is safe in aworld of injustices.War will never bring…
— Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva
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England, unlike in 1914, will not allow herself to blunder into a war lasting for years.... Such is the fate of rich…
— Adolf Hitler
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Climate change is...a gross injustice-poor people in developing countries bear over 90% of the burden-through death, disease, destitution and financial loss-yet are…
— Barbara Stocking
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I am moved by the spirit of Angolans and the work UNICEF is doing, but I am saddened by the hardships I…
— Alyssa Milano
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Funding from rich countries to help the poor and vulnerable adapt to climate change is not even one percent of what is…
— Barbara Stocking
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The international equity question arises from the costs of climate change itself and mitigation varying greatly across countries. It is affected by…
— Ross Garnaut
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Aid is the process by which the poor in rich countries subsidize the rich in poor countries.
— Peter Thomas Bauer
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If the level and amount of consumption and waste of the western rich countries ever reaches the poor countries, it will mean…
— Robert Muller
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I think that my work is my attempt, I suppose, is to try and become a piece of connective tissue. I'm trying…
— Emma Thompson
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Poverty cannot be accepted as a pretext and justification for the exploitation of children. It does not explain the huge global demand…
— Unknown Author
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What if a small group of these world leaders were to conclude the principal risk to the earth comes from the actions…
— Maurice Strong
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