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Peter Singer Quotes

Peter Singer quotes

Australian Philosopher July 6, 1946

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An animal experiment cannot be justifiable unless the experiment is so important that the use of a brain-damaged human would be justifiable. Peter Singer
It's also much clearer how much damage the occupation of Iraq is doing to America's reputation and prestige around the world; and that's just starting now to hit home in the United States. Peter Singer
If it is in our power to prevent something bad from happening, without thereby sacrificing anything of comparable moral importance, we ought, morally, to do it. Peter Singer
If possessing a higher degree of intelligence does not entitle one human to use another for his or her own ends, how can it entitle humans to exploit non-humans? Peter Singer
The idea that we can actually have an impact on places more or less instantly, too, by responding in some way or not responding, I think, also makes it true. Peter Singer
It means that, in fact, it's - whether fascist is the right word I don't know - more of a plutocracy than anything resembling a democracy; it has become a nation controlled by a very small, very wealthy elite. Peter Singer
Peter Singer quote: "What one generation finds ridiculous, the next accepts; and..."
What one generation finds ridiculous, the next accepts; and the third shudders when it looks back on what the first did. Peter Singer
The prescription of the equality of human beings is not a description of an alleged actual equality among humans: it is a prescription of how we should treat human beings. Peter Singer
We see things like reciprocity which are fairly central to our view of ethics. But if you're talking about a set of worked-out rules on what we are supposed to do then, yes, it is a human product. Peter Singer
Peter Singer quote: "All the arguments to prove man's superiority cannot shatter..."
All the arguments to prove man's superiority cannot shatter this hard fact: in suffering the animals are our equals. Peter Singer
Peter Singer quote: "I don't think there's anything in the compromise that means..."
I don't think there's anything in the compromise that means that there's a clash of ethics. Peter Singer
The Pentagon said that these prisoners were kept in accordance with the Geneva Convention, and of course I was not reassured by that, but I couldn't prove that that was wrong; so we're clearer about that. Peter Singer
Peter Singer quote: "Bush doesn't present himself as a realpolitik politician."
Bush doesn't present himself as a realpolitik politician. Peter Singer
Extreme poverty is not only a condition of unsatisfied material needs. It is often accompanied by a degrading state of powerlessness. Peter Singer
Peter Singer quote: "More often there's a compromise between ethics and expediency."
More often there's a compromise between ethics and expediency. Peter Singer

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