#cons

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. ↗

— Peter Singer

#basically #bit #cheese #consider #exploitation

They tend to be pretty abstract ones then, like doing what will have the best consequences; obviously you wouldn't specify what consequences are best, they may be different in some circumstances, so at a lower, more specific level, you may well get differences. ↗

— Peter Singer

#be different #best #circumstances #consequences #differences

To be a utilitarian means that you judge actions as right or wrong in accordance with whether they have good consequences. So you try to do what will have the best consequences for all of those affected. ↗

— Peter Singer

#actions #affected #best #consequences #good

We need to recognise that what really matters isn't buying more and more consumer goods, but family, friends, and knowing that we are doing something worthwhile with our lives. Helping to reduce the appalling consequences of world poverty should be part of that reassessment. ↗

— Peter Singer

#buying #consequences #consumer #doing #family

We recognize the chicken as another conscious being. It's different from us, but it has a life, and if something is really important for that chicken, if it would work hard to try to get it, and if we can give it without sacrificing something that's really important to us, then we should. ↗

— Peter Singer

#being #chicken #conscious #different #get

That the Iraqi Government is considering a political deal granting amnesty to insurgents who have attacked or killed American service members is not just shocking - the idea of amnesty for insurgents is an outrage. ↗

— Ike Skelton

#amnesty #attacked #considering #deal #government

There was a time when I was in this private school and the kids were so conservative and close-minded that it was just appalling. ↗

— Ione Skye

#conservative #i #just #kids #private

My sister-in-law believes that few narratives are so tightly constructed that you can't skip boring bits and still keep abreast of what's going on. ↗

— Arthur Smith

#believes #bits #boring #constructed #few

The outfits come and go but there is a constant that I like about the catwalk model: the snotty expression. ↗

— Arthur Smith

#come #come and go #constant #expression #go

Too many couples break up without understanding the consequences for their families. ↗

— Iain Duncan Smith

#break up #consequences #couples #families #many