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 SingerAnimal factories are one more sign of the extent to which our technological capacities have advanced faster than our ethics.
Peter SingerThe newspapers do little better. Their coverage of nonhuman animals is dominated by "human interest" events like the birth of a baby gorilla at the zoo, or by threats to endangered species; but developments in farming techniques that deprive millions of animals of freedom of movement go unreported.
Peter SingerCheats prosper until there are enough who bear grudges against them to make sure they do not prosper.
Peter Singer