It is a mistake to assume that the law should always enforce morality.

If we ever do find a better system, I'll be happy to call myself an anti-capitalist.

If penicillin had been judged by its toxicity to guinea pigs, it might never have been used by man.

In appropriate circumstances we are justified in using humans to achieve goals (or the goal of assisting animals).

Personal purity isn’t really the issue. Not supporting animal abuse – and persuading others not to support it – is.

Philosophy ought to question the basic assumptions of the age. Thinking through, critically and carefully, what most of us take for granted is, I believe, the chief task of philosophy, and the task that makes philosophy a worthwhile activity.

The problem is not with the athletes, but with us. No matter how blatant the drug use may be, we don't stop watching the Tour de France. Maybe we should just turn off the television and get on our own bikes.