Famous Peter Singer Quotes

  • We have to speak up on behalf of those who cannot speak for themselves. – Peter Singer

    We have to speak up on behalf of those who cannot speak for themselves.– Peter Singer

  • Their reliance on biblical quotations does not augur well for their for their openness to moral reasoning…. – Peter Singer

    Their reliance on biblical quotations does not augur well for their for their openness to moral reasoning….– Peter Singer

  • Putting yourself in the place of others…is what thinking ethically is all about. – Peter Singer

    Putting yourself in the place of others…is what thinking ethically is all about.– Peter Singer

  • …moral relativism, a position many find attractive only until they are faced with someone who is doing something really, really wrong. – Peter Singer

    …moral relativism, a position many find attractive only until they are faced with someone who is doing something really, really wrong.– Peter Singer

  • Reason is inherently expansionist. It seeks universal application. – Peter Singer

    Reason is inherently expansionist. It seeks universal application.– Peter Singer

  • Cheats prosper until there are enough who bear grudges against them to make sure they do not prosper. – Peter Singer

    Cheats prosper until there are enough who bear grudges against them to make sure they do not prosper.– Peter Singer

  • Extreme poverty is not only a condition of unsatisfied material needs. It is often accompanied by a degrading state of powerlessness. – Peter Singer

    Extreme poverty is not only a condition of unsatisfied material needs. It is often accompanied by a degrading state of powerlessness. – Peter Singer

  • To say that life is meaningless is to express an attitude, not to state a fact – Peter Singer

    To say that life is meaningless is to express an attitude, not to state a fact– Peter Singer