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.
Peter SingerCheats prosper until there are enough who bear grudges against them to make sure they do not prosper.
Peter SingerWhen the death of a disabled infant will lead to the birth of another infant with better prospects of a happy life, the total amount of happiness will be greater if the disabled infant is killed. The loss of happy life for the first infant is outweighed by the gain of happier life for the second. Therefore, if killing the hemophiliac infant has no adverse effect on others, it would, according to the total view, be right to kill him.
Peter SingerThere are some circumstances, for example, where the newborn baby is severely disabled and where the parents think that it's better that child should not live, when killing the newborn baby is not at all wrong ... not like killing the chimpanzee would be.
Peter Singer