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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 to reflect on…
- ...chimpanzees, bonobos, gorillas, and orangutans are thinking, self-aware beings, capable of planning ahead, who form lasting social bonds with others and have a rich social…
- It is an indication of the extent to which people are now isolated from the animals they eat that children brought up on storybooks that…
- Whatever the reason, for most of the present century, the literature and publicity of the old established [animal welfare] groups made a significant contribution to…
- 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…
- We don't usually think of what we eat as a matter of ethics. Stealing, lying, hurting people - these acts are obviously relevant to our…
- Nineteen thousand children [are] dying every day. Does it really matter that we're not walking past them in the street? Does it really matter that…
- There are some circumstances, for example, where the newborn baby is severely disabled and where the parents think that it's better that child should not…
- But I think the majority of cows, and even more so chickens and pigs, are leading pretty miserable lives.
- I don't think there's much point in bemoaning the state of the world unless there's some way you can think of to improve it. Otherwise,…
- At the descriptive level, certainly, you would expect different cultures to develop different sorts of ethics and obviously they have; that doesn't mean that you…
- I am not saying that factory farming is the same as the Holocaust or the slave trade, but it's clear that there is an immense…
- I don't think nationalism is alone holding the field; it's in contention with a lot of different things.
- I don't think there's anything in the compromise that means that there's a clash of ethics.
- I think ethics is always there; it's not always a very thoughtful or reflective ethics.
- If we all think only of our own interests, we are headed for collective disaster - just look at what we are doing to our…
- I'm not overly alarmist about it, but I do think there are some worrying signs, like the growing accumulation of wealth by a very small…
- In the sense that you're not at the centre of power, like a president or prime minister of a major power, everyone is marginalised; my…
- I believe that nationalism is a very strong force, but there are other forces operating; there are tendencies pushing towards a larger picture, especially in…
- I suppose what's happened recently has confirmed suspicions I voiced in the book, and I think made clearer some of those things that I point…
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