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Peter Singer | war

You might hold an ethical position that it’s wrong to lie, but if you have plans for a war in Iraq, and you want to keep them secret for practical reasons – to reduce casualties, perhaps – and someone asks you about those plans, you may need to lie for a ‘good’ outcome.

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Peter Singer success

Peter Singer | success

Do business managers have a commitment to anything more than the success of their company and to making money? It would be hard to say that they do. Indeed, many business leaders deny that there is any conflict between self-interest and the interests of all.

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Peter Singer society

Peter Singer | society

I honestly don’t know, but if America continues to refuse to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions, I see a bleak future not only for American society, but for the world as a whole. This is a global problem that is not going away, and the United States is an obstacle to solving it.

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Peter Singer | respect

In the sense that you’re not at the centre of power, like a president or prime minister of a major power, everyone is marginalised my position doesn’t isn’t unique in that respect. I think there are different sorts of relevance in different contexts.

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Peter Singer religion

Peter Singer | religion

So, basically, my view is I don’t want to support the exploitation of animals, and within reason, I will do what I can to avoid it, but it’s not like it’s a religion for me. It’s not like I consider I’m polluted if somehow some bit of milk or cheese or something passes my lips.

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Peter Singer | power

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Peter Singer politics

Peter Singer | politics

I can tell you that too much money is corrupting American politics. Don’t blame the American public. The U.S. Supreme Court has a lot to answer for, because it has made it impossible for Congress to reduce the corrupting influence of money on American political life.

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Peter Singer politics

Peter Singer | politics

The new freedom of expression brought by the Internet goes far beyond politics. People relate to each other in new ways, posing questions about how we should respond to people when all that we know about them is what we have learned through a medium that permits all kinds of anonymity and deception.

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Nature Peter Singer

Peter Singer | nature

I don’t understand the notion that modern farming is anything do to with nature. It’s a pretty gross interference with nature.

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Peter Singer | money

We have a new generation of very rich people who want to do more with their money than buy a lot of expensive toys. They want to live meaningful lives.

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