"Forests and meat animals compete for the same……" — Peter Singer
"Forests and meat animals compete for the same land. The prodigious appetite of the affluent nations for meat means that agribusiness can pay more than those who want to preserve or restore the forest. We are, quite literally, gambling with the future of our planet – for the sake of hamburgers"
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198 Quotes by Peter Singer
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Becoming a vegetarian is not merely a symbolic gesture. Nor is it an attempt to isolate oneself from the ugly…
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The problem is not with the athletes, but with us. No matter how blatant the drug use may be, we…
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I would like us to think about it more explicitly, and not take our intuitions as the given of ethics,…
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If a being suffers there can be no moral justification for refusing to take that suffering into consideration. No matter…
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Pain is pain, and the importance of preventing unnecessary pain and suffering does not diminish because the being that suffers…
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There has been opposition to experimenting on animals for a long time. This opposition has made little headway because experimenters,…
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As for cages themselves, an ordinary citizen who kept dogs in similar conditions for their entire lives would risk prosecution…
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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…
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A way has to be found to enable everyone to benefit from the fruits of the earth, and not simply…
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Current lifestyles and consumption patterns of the affluent middle class - involving high meat intake, use of fossil fuels, appliances,…
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