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.

The hope of internet anarchists was that repressive governments would have only two options: accept the internet with its limitless possibilities of spreading information, or restrict internet access to the ruling elite and turn your back on the 21st century, as North Korea has done.

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 interest.

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.

If it is in our power to prevent something bad from happening, without thereby sacrificing anything of comparable moral importance, we ought, morally, to do it.

Grain that is used to feed animals that end up on our tables as turkeys and hams could have gone to feed starving people.

But I think the majority of cows, and even more so chickens and pigs, are leading pretty miserable lives.