#na

Every profession will have its rogues, of course, no matter what oaths are sworn, but many health care professionals have a real commitment to serving the best interests of their clients. ↗

— Peter Singer

#best interests #care #clients #commitment #course

Human decision-making is complex. On our own, our tendency to yield to short-term temptations, and even to addictions, may be too strong for our rational, long-term planning. ↗

— Peter Singer

#complex #decision-making #even #human #long-term

I believe that nationalism is a very strong force, but there are other forces operating; there are tendencies pushing towards a larger picture, especially in Europe, I think; but I still think nationalism is real. ↗

— Peter Singer

#especially #europe #force #forces #i

I don't think nationalism is alone holding the field; it's in contention with a lot of different things. ↗

— Peter Singer

#contention #different #different things #field #holding

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

— Peter Singer

#farming #gross #i #interference #modern

In a situation where many national leaders do the same thing and look out for national interests, and with an issue like global warming, you're likely to get no solution, so I think you have to have some kind of ethical trump on some of those issues. ↗

— Peter Singer

#get #global #global warming #i #i think

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

#contexts #different #everyone #i #i think

It means that, in fact, it's - whether fascist is the right word I don't know - more of a plutocracy than anything resembling a democracy; it has become a nation controlled by a very small, very wealthy elite. ↗

— Peter Singer

#become #controlled #democracy #elite #fact

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

We may feel the pain of falling back from a level of affluence to which we have grown accustomed, but most people in developed countries are still, by historical standards, extraordinarily well off. ↗

— Peter Singer

#affluence #back #countries #developed #developed countries