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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 watching the Tour…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- It would be nonsense to say that it was not in the interests of a stone to be kicked along the road...A stone has no…
- 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…
- 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…
- We are not especially 'interested in' animals. Neither of us had ever been inordinately fond of dogs, cats, or horses in the way that many…
- 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:…
- Sometimes we know the best thing to do, but fail to do it. New year's resolutions are often like that. We make resolutions because we…
- 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…
- My work is based on the assumption that clarity and consistency in our moral thinking is likely, in the long run, to lead us to…
- Well the real concept of basic needs if you cut it right down are simply the physical needs that are unavoidable for all of us.…
- Philosophy ought to question the basic assumptions of the age. Thinking through, critically and carefully, what most of us take for granted is, I believe,…
- To give preference to the life of a being simply because that being is a member of our species would put us in the same…
- Animals, or at least those who are conscious and capable of suffering or enjoying their lives, are not things for us to use in whatever…
More Us Quotes
- Sometimes I think that life would be how much easier if we don't have heart. Because it is the heart which puts… — Anurag Prakash Ray
- It is the people closest to us, that are capable of hurting us most. — Nishan Panwar
- It is just that we should be grateful, not only to those with whose views we may agree, but also to those… — Aristotle
- Our efforts are not aimed at isolating Israel or de-legitimizing it; rather we want to gain legitimacy for the cause of the… — Mahmoud Abbas
- When I immersed myself in prayer and united myself with all the Masses that were being celebrated all over the world at… — Mary Faustina Kowalska
- Creation is not a property, which we can rule over at will; or, even less, is the property of only a few:… — Pope Francis
- Life may burn us, it's how we rise out of the ashes that define our character. — Nishan Panwar
- Dreams are what keep us going when real life lets us down. — Nishan Panwar