Quotes by : Peter Singer

The capacity for suffering – or more strictly, for suffering and/or enjoyment or happiness – is not....

Suppose that we believe that in 200 years, people would be prepared to pay a million dollars (that's....

What is faith? If you believe something because you have evidence for it, or rational argument, that....

In thinking about ethics, we should not hesitate to question ethical views that are almost universally....

The prescription of the equality of human beings is not a description of an alleged actual equality among....

The new freedom of expression brought by the Internet goes far beyond politics. People relate to each....

Pacifists have usually regarded the use of violence as absolutely wrong, irrespective of its consequences.....

Without in any way minimising the economic and psychological blow that people experience when they lose....

We think of dogs as being more like people than pigs; but pigs are highly intelligent animals and if....

If our life has no meaning other than our own happiness, we are likely to find that when we have obtained....