I don't think nationalism is alone holding the field; it's in contention with a lot of different things.

To turn the other cheek is to teach would-be cheats that cheating pays.

If you're buying animal products and can go to the farm and actually see how the animals are looked after, yes, that's an important point. That's definitely the best way of assuring yourself that the animals are being well treated.

In a situation where many national leaders do the same thing and look out for national interests, and with an issue like global warming, you're likely to get no solution, so I think you have to have some kind of ethical trump on some of those issues.

The traditional view of the sanctity of human life will collapse under pressure from scientific, technological and demographic developments.

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

The Internet, like the steam engine, is a technological breakthrough that changed the world.