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I'm a Utilitarian, so I don't see the rule against lying as absolute; it's always subject to some overriding utility which may prevent its exercise. ↗

— Peter Singer

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If we all think only of our own interests, we are headed for collective disaster - just look at what we are doing to our planet's climate. ↗

— Peter Singer

#collective #disaster #doing #headed #interests

If we are concerned about the exploitation of human workers in countries with low standards of worker protection, we should also be concerned about the treatment of even more defenceless non-human animals. ↗

— Peter Singer

#also #concerned #countries #even #exploitation

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. ↗

— Peter Singer

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Crave for a thing, you will get it. Renounce the craving, the object will follow you by itself. ↗

— Swami Sivananda

#crave #craving #follow #get #itself

I am sure there is a right way and a wrong way and in today's life, there are many different rules of being politically correct. ↗

— Mike Singletary

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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

Today, if you have an Internet connection, you have at your fingertips an amount of information previously available only to those with access to the world's greatest libraries - indeed, in most respects what is available through the Internet dwarfs those libraries, and it is incomparably easier to find what you need. ↗

— Peter Singer

#amount #available #connection #dwarfs #easier

Protectionism has to be avoided. Protectionism is not only on goods but also in the area of services. Financial protectionism is also bad and should be avoided. ↗

— Manmohan Singh

#area #avoided #bad #financial #goods

Protectionism is a very real danger. It is understandable that in times of a severe downturn protectionist pressures mount but the lessons of history are clear. If we give in to protectionist pressures, we will only send the world into a downward spiral. ↗

— Manmohan Singh

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