Grain that is used to feed animals that end up on our tables as turkeys and hams could have gone to feed starving people.
Peter SingerIf 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 SingerWe don't usually think of what we eat as a matter of ethics. Stealing, lying, hurting people - these acts are obviously relevant to our moral character. In ancient Greece and Rome, ethical choices about food were considered at least as significant as ethical choices about sex.
Peter SingerSometimes we know the best thing to do, but fail to do it. New year's resolutions are often like that. We make resolutions because we know it would be better for us to lose weight, or get fit, or spend more time with our children. The problem is that a resolution is generally easier to break than it is to keep.
Peter Singer