Every profession will have its rogues, of course, no matter what oaths are sworn, but many health care professionals have a real commitment to serving the best interests of their clients.
Peter SingerThere is a growing movement called effective altruism. It's important because it combines both the heart and the head.
Peter SingerAnimal factories are one more sign of the extent to which our technological capacities have advanced faster than our ethics.
Peter SingerOf course, infanticide needs to be strictly legally controlled and rare - but it should not be ruled out, any more than abortion.
Peter SingerRacists violate the principle of equality by giving greater weight to the interests of members of their own race when there is a clash between their interests and the interests of those of another race. Sexists violate the principle of equality by favoring the interests of their own sex. Similarly, speciesists allow the interests of their own species to override the greater interests of members of other species. The pattern is identical in each case.
Peter Singer