Were we incapable of empathy – of putting ourselves in the position of others and seeing that their suffering is like our own – then ethical reasoning would lead nowhere. If emotion without reason is blind, then reason without emotion is impotent.
Typically, defenders of experiments on animals do not deny that animals suffer. They cannot deny the animals' suffering, because they need to stress … - Peter Singer
Typically, defenders of experiments on animals do not deny that animals suffer. They cannot deny the animals' suffering, because they need to stress …
- Peter Singer
All the arguments to prove man's superiority cannot shatter this hard fact: in suffering, the animals are our equals. - Peter Singer
All the arguments to prove man's superiority cannot shatter this hard fact: in suffering, the animals are our equals.
Christianity is our foe. If animal rights is to succeed, we must destroy the Judeo-Christian religious tradition. - Peter Singer
Christianity is our foe. If animal rights is to succeed, we must destroy the Judeo-Christian religious tradition.
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… - 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…
The notion that human life is sacred just because it is human life is medieval. - Peter Singer
The notion that human life is sacred just because it is human life is medieval.
If it is in our power to prevent something bad from happening, without thereby sacrificing anything of comparable moral importance, we ought, morally… - 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…
The traditional view of the sanctity of human life will collapse under pressure from scientific, technological and demographic developments. - Peter Singer
The traditional view of the sanctity of human life will collapse under pressure from scientific, technological and demographic developments.
We should give the same respect to the lives of animals as we do to the lives of humans. - Peter Singer
We should give the same respect to the lives of animals as we do to the lives of humans.
One thing is certain: you will find plenty of worthwhile things to do. You will not be bored, or lack fulfillment in your life. Most important of all… - Peter Singer
One thing is certain: you will find plenty of worthwhile things to do. You will not be bored, or lack fulfillment in your life. Most important of all…
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