Ethics Quote by Edward O. Wilson

“Erik Erikson coined the term “pseudo-speciation” to describe our xenophobic instinct. It is as if we rejected out of hand the unity of the…

— Oliver Benjamin

“A species that becomes extinct because of ethics, disappears. A species that survives because of function can rediscover ethics.”

— Vanya M.G

“Yes, the worst parasites. We reproduce with no internal limitations. We consume and destroy and make war. We have no predator except ourselves, and…

— Ryan Winfield

“While we maintain the unity of the human species, we at the same time repel the depressing assumption of superior and inferior races of…

— Alexander von Humboldt

“his species could end, a victim of people who valued themselves above other creatures of nature. We”

— Lea Wait

Speciesism: A failure, in attitude or practice, to accord any nonhuman being equal consideration and respect

— Joan Dunayer

“The faster you strip cultures down, the more you find contrariness and disputation, rather than a solid core, until eventually you reach the individual,…

— Nick Cohen

“At the micro-sociological level, most humans are doing better than ever. Yet there is so much confusion, suffering and bitter resentment. How many beautiful,…

— Hanzi Freinacht

“I think human consciousness is a tragic misstep in human evolution. We became too self aware; nature created an aspect of nature separate from…

— Rustin Cohle

“The human will be the only mammal in history to fully understand that its own self inflicted extinction is well underway.”

— Steven Magee

“Eliminate one species, and another increases in number to take its place”

— Kim Sterelny

“Many species lack the ability to defy their own animal instincts and allow their intellect to prevail.”

— Ernest Cline