Peter Singer Quotes

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

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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

The lack of numbers - missing on everything from how much we are spending to how many are being killed or wounded - is just stunning for this day and age. - Peter Singer

At the descriptive level, certainly, you would expect different cultures to develop different sorts of ethics and obviously they have; that doesn't mean that you can't think of overarching ethical principles you would want people to follow in all kinds of places. - Peter Singer