Occupation: Philosopher Birth: July 6, 1946
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..
Do business managers have a commitment to anything more than the success of their company and to making money? It would be hard to say that they do. ….
Nineteen thousand children [are] dying every day. Does it really matter that we're not walking past them in the street? Does it really matter that th….
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 ….
Beginning to reason is like stepping onto an escalator that leads upward and out of sight. Once we take the first step, the distance to be traveled i….
Every day we act in ways that reflect our ethical judgements..
People tend to care about dogs because they generally have more experience with dogs as companions; but other animals are as capable of suffering as ….
Once we ask why it should be that all human beings - including infants, the intellectually disabled, criminal psychopaths, Hitler, Stalin, and the re….
If we are concerned about the exploitation of human workers in countries with low standards of worker protection, we should also be concerned about t….
Whereas the property-owning middle class could win freedom for themselves on the basis of rights to property--thus excluding others from the freedom ….
Human beings are social animals. We were social before we were human..
When children see animals in a circus, they learn that animals exist for our amusement. Quite apart from the cruelty involved in training and confini….
We need to recognise that what really matters isn't buying more and more consumer goods, but family, friends, and knowing that we are doing something….
I honestly don't know, but if America continues to refuse to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions, I see a bleak future not only for American society,….
As we realize that more and more things have global impact, I think we're going to get people increasingly wanting to get away from a purely national….
Charitable giving is a huge sector in the United States. It amounts to $350 billion a year. And yet, I can't help feeling that a lot of that is waste….
If we all think only of our own interests, we are headed for collective disaster - just look at what we are doing to our planet's climate..
Grain that is used to feed animals that end up on our tables as turkeys and hams could have gone to feed starving people..
I believe that nationalism is a very strong force, but there are other forces operating; there are tendencies pushing towards a larger picture, espec….
No consideration at all is given to the interests of the "pests" - the very word "pest" seems to exclude any concern for the animals themselves. But ….
Effective altruism is the form of altruism in which we bring our rational capacities to bear in order to do the most good that we can..