"More often there's a compromise between ethics and……" — Peter Singer

"More often there's a compromise between ethics and expediency."

— Peter Singer

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198 Quotes by Peter Singer

Peter Singer has 198 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

Becoming a vegetarian is not merely a symbolic gesture. Nor is it an attempt to isolate oneself from the ugly…
The problem is not with the athletes, but with us. No matter how blatant the drug use may be, we…
We see things like reciprocity which are fairly central to our view of ethics. But if you're talking about a…
I would like us to think about it more explicitly, and not take our intuitions as the given of ethics,…
If a being suffers there can be no moral justification for refusing to take that suffering into consideration. No matter…
Pain is pain, and the importance of preventing unnecessary pain and suffering does not diminish because the being that suffers…
People tend to care about dogs because they generally have more experience with dogs as companions; but other animals are…
There has been opposition to experimenting on animals for a long time. This opposition has made little headway because experimenters,…
It may be thought justifiable to require tests on animals of potentially life-saving drugs, but the same kinds of tests…
As for cages themselves, an ordinary citizen who kept dogs in similar conditions for their entire lives would risk prosecution…
With the eventual acceptance of Darwin's theory we reach a modern understanding of nature, one which has since then changed…
...chimpanzees, bonobos, gorillas, and orangutans are thinking, self-aware beings, capable of planning ahead, who form lasting social bonds with others…

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One of the truest tests of integrity is its blunt refusal to be compromised. — Chinua Achebe
No book includes the entire world. It's limited. And so it doesn't seem like an aesthetic compromise to have to… — Paul Auster
Gun control means being able to hit your target. If I have a 'hot button' issue, this is definitely it.… — Michael Badnarik
I'm free. I just do what I want, say what I want, say how I feel, and I don't try… — Erykah Badu
Art is something to be proud of. Art is no compromise. — Christian Bale
The tragedy of life and of the world is not that men do not know God; the tragedy is that,… — William Barclay
I cannot belong to a nonprofit organization because when you receive grants, you have to make such great compromises with… — Mikhail Baryshnikov
A just laicism allows religious freedom. The state does not impose religion but rather gives space to religions with a… — Pope Benedict XVI
Love consists in giving without getting in return; in giving what is not owed, what is not due the other.… — Mortimer Adler
When the United States aligns with dictatorships and totalitarian regimes, it compromises the basic democratic principles of its foundation -… — Benazir Bhutto
Compromise, n. Such an adjustment of conflicting interests as gives each adversary the satisfaction of thinking he has got what… — Ambrose Bierce
The compromise will always be more expensive than either of the suggestions it is compromising. — Arthur Bloch

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