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Dolphins are social mammals, capable of enjoying their lives. They form close bonds with other members of their group.


Peter Singer


#capable #close #dolphins #enjoying #form

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

For example, one way of giving yourself a strong incentive to reach your goal is to commit to pay money to someone if you fail. Better yet, you can specify that you will have to pay a certain sum to a cause that you detest.


Peter Singer


#cause #certain #commit #detest #example

Grain that is used to feed animals that end up on our tables as turkeys and hams could have gone to feed starving people.


Peter Singer


#end #feed #gone #grain #our

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 am not saying that factory farming is the same as the Holocaust or the slave trade, but it's clear that there is an immense amount of suffering in it, and just as we think that the Nazis were wrong to ignore the suffering of their victims, so we are wrong to ignore the sufferings of our victims.


Peter Singer


#amount #clear #factory #farming #holocaust

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

Motley Crue, collectively and individually, have done things on our own terms.


Nikki Sixx


#crue #done #individually #motley #our

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.


Peter Singer


#american #american society #away #bleak #continues

I suppose what's happened recently has confirmed suspicions I voiced in the book, and I think made clearer some of those things that I point out. For instance I have a section of the book where I talk about the possibility of torture.


Peter Singer


#book #clearer #confirmed #happened #i






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