"Privacy about giving is counterproductive. There is solid……" — Peter Singer
"Privacy about giving is counterproductive. There is solid scientific research showing that people are more likely to give if they can see that others are giving. The richest people, in particular, should be setting an example."
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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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We see things like reciprocity which are fairly central to our view of ethics. But if you're talking about a…
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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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People tend to care about dogs because they generally have more experience with dogs as companions; but other animals are…
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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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It may be thought justifiable to require tests on animals of potentially life-saving drugs, but the same kinds of tests…
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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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...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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More Counterproductive Quotes
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I think that most small amounts of marijuana have been decriminalized in some places, and should be. We really need…
— William J. Clinton
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The only feasible solution is a political reconciliation... Mr. President, the time is now to put pressure on the Iraqi…
— Mike Coffman
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I would need to see changes in the Iraq governance. Otherwise I don't think strikes are going to have any…
— Adam Schiff
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Uh uh uh, turning the car into oncoming traffic...is counterproductive!
— Jim Carrey
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Independent self-reliant people would be a counterproductive anachronism in the collective society of the future where people will be defined…
— John Dewey
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And yet as a coach, I know that being fixated on winning (or more likely, not losing) is counterproductive, especially…
— Phil Jackson
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The last thing the consumer index wants men and women to do is to figure out how to love one…
— Naomi Wolf
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Today, the world is so small and so interdependent that the concept of war has become anachronistic, an outmoded approach.…
— Dalai Lama
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Certainly, the Bush Administration will rely in the first instance on its friends, since it would be both illogical and…
— Richard V. Allen
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I don't like rock. Honestly, I like to listen to it, but it's not for me. There's a lot of…
— Luis Miguel
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Slowing down doesn't mean accomplishing less; it means cutting out counterproductive distractions and the perception of being rushed.
— Tim Ferriss
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'Efficient' scheduling and control of time are often counterproductive. The efficiency focus creates expectations that clash with the opportunities to…
— Stephen Covey
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