Of course, infanticide needs to be strictly legally controlled and rare - but it should not be ruled out, any more than abortion. Peter Singer More Quotes by Peter Singer More Quotes From Peter Singer The most callous, stupid things were done just because regulations required them...It was not until 1983, for example, that U.S. federal agencies stated that substances known to be caustic irritants such as lye, ammonia, and oven cleaners, did not need to be tested on the eyes of conscious rabbits. Peter Singer eye stupid animal We should aim for our children to be good people, and to live ethical lives that manifest concern for others as well as for themselves. Peter Singer concern-for-others children people I think ethics is always there; it's not always a very thoughtful or reflective ethics. Peter Singer thoughtful sadness thinking Today, if you have an Internet connection, you have at your fingertips an amount of information previously available only to those with access to the world's greatest libraries - indeed, in most respects what is available through the Internet dwarfs those libraries, and it is incomparably easier to find what you need. Peter Singer library connections needs There is a growing movement called effective altruism. It's important because it combines both the heart and the head. Peter Singer movement important heart 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 important brain animal According to the Dominant Western tradition, the natural world exists for the benefit of human beings. Peter Singer benefits tradition world My view is different from this, only to the extent that if a decision is taken, by the parents and doctors, that it is better that a baby should die, I believe it should be possible to carry out that decision, not only by withholding or withdrawing life-support - which can lead to the baby dying slowly from dehydration or from an infection - but also by taking active steps to end the baby's life swiftly and humanely. Peter Singer taken baby believe By ceasing to rear and kill animals for food, we can make so much extra food available for humans that, properly distributed, it would eliminate starvation and malnutrition from this planet. Animal Liberation is Human Liberation too. Peter Singer liberation planets animal The notion that human life is sacred just because it is human life is medieval. Peter Singer sacred life-is philosophy Knowing that we can control our own behaviour makes it more likely that we will. Peter Singer behaviour knowing To turn the other cheek is to teach would-be cheats that cheating pays. Peter Singer would-be life cheating Those who purchase meat, fur, and leather have no right to be shielded from the sights and sounds of the slaughterhouses from which these products were produced. Peter Singer meat sight sound Becoming a vegetarian is not merely a symbolic gesture. Nor is it an attempt to isolate oneself from the ugly realities of the world, to keep oneself pure and so without responsibility for the cruelty and carnage all around. Becoming a vegetarian is a highly practical and effective step one can take toward ending both the killing of nonhuman animals and the infliction of suffering on them. Peter Singer philosophical responsibility animal It is easy for us to criticize the prejudices of our grandfathers, from which our fathers freed themselves. It is more difficult to distance ourselves from our own views, so that we can dispassionately search for prejudices among the beliefs and values we hold Peter Singer distance views father My major concern about leaving enhancement to the marketplace is that then the rich will be able to buy themselves genetically superior children and the poor will not - sharpening the class divisions we have now. That problem could be overcome if, genetic enhancement were available to all, subsidized by the state - and that would, over time, have benefits for society as well. Peter Singer leaving overcoming children The problem is not with the athletes, but with us. No matter how blatant the drug use may be, we don't stop watching the Tour de France. Maybe we should just turn off the television and get on our own bikes. Peter Singer drug-use athlete sports So far as this argument is concerned nonhuman animals and infants and retarded humans are in the same category; and if we use this argument to justify experiments on nonhuman animals we have to ask ourselves whether we are also prepared to allow experiments on human infants and retarded adults; and if we make a distinction between animals and these humans, on what basis can we do it, other than a bare-faced - and morally indefensible - preference for members of our own species? Peter Singer adults use animal Grain that is used to feed animals that end up on our tables as turkeys and hams could have gone to feed starving people. Peter Singer turkeys animal people ...chimpanzees, bonobos, gorillas, and orangutans are thinking, self-aware beings, capable of planning ahead, who form lasting social bonds with others and have a rich social and emotional life. The great apes are therefore an ideal case for showing the arbitrariness of the species boundary. If we think that all human beings, irrespective of age or mental capacity, have some basic rights, how can we deny that the great apes, who surpass some humans in their capacities, also have these rights? Peter Singer emotional animal thinking
