Accounts Quote by Daniel Dennett

For more than a century, people have often thought that the conclusion to draw from Darwin's vision is that Homo sapiens, our species -…

— Daniel Dennett

“Our treatment of animals and our attitude toward them are crucial not only to any pretensions we have to ethical behavior but the humankind's…

— Joy Williams

“Evolution, therefore, cannot account for the origin of our moral feelings, let alone for the fact that we all believe there are external moral…

— Timothy J. Keller

Besides love and sympathy, animals exhibit other qualities connected with the social instincts which in us would be called moral.

— Charles Darwin

Evolution has no moral direction. An evolutionary understanding of human nature can explain the differing intuitions we have when we are faced with an…

— Peter Singer

“We have created a false dichotomy between behaviors attributable to companion animals and those of other species that blinds us to the inherent worth…

— Bob Torres

There is increasing social concern about our use of nonhumans for experiments, food, clothing and entertainment. This concern about animals reflects both our own…

— Gary L. Francione

...our species is one, and each of the individuals who compose it are entitled to equal moral consideration.

— Michael Ignatieff

I don't believe that we evolved moral psychology; it just doesn't seem plausible to me as a biological phenomenon.

— Tom Stoppard

“Morality is an evolutionary adaption for any sentient species. Our survival is promoted by working together, and any group requires a moral code to…

— Jasper T. Scott

I've argued that many of what philosophers call moral sentiments can be seen in other species. In chimpanzees and other animals, you see examples…

— Frans de Waal

“But the very fact that Darwinism is true makes it even more important for us to fight against the naturally selfish and exploitative tendencies…

— Richard Dawkins