"Practical Ethics" Quotes
An exploration of ethical dilemmas and practical solutions, as Peter Singer challenges traditional moral beliefs and advocates for a more inclusive approach to ethical decision-making.
philosophy | 411 pages | Published in NaN
Quotes
The capacity for suffering and enjoying things is a prerequisite for having interests at all, a condition that must be satisfied before we can speak of interests in any meaningful way.
All animals have the ability to suffer in the same way and to the same degree that humans do.
The notion that human life is sacred just because it is human life is medieval.
The fact that a being is human, and alive, does not in itself tell us whether it is wrong to take that being's life.
Utilitarianism requires us to consider the interests of every being affected by our actions and to give equal weight to each being's interests.
The ethical demands that we make on others should be no greater than the demands we make on ourselves.
We should extend our moral concern beyond our own species and consider the interests of all sentient beings.
The suffering of non-human animals matters morally and should be taken into account in our ethical decision-making.
If we can prevent something bad from happening without sacrificing anything of comparable moral importance, we ought to do it.
It is not species membership alone that confers moral status, but the capacity to suffer and experience enjoyment.
