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Quotes from Practical Ethics, 3rd Edition — Peter Singer

born 1946 Australia

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It is easy for us to criticize the prejudices of our grandfathers, from which our fathers freed themselves. It is more difficult to search for prejudices among the beliefs and values that we hold.

Practical Ethics, 3rd Edition (2011)

The essence of the principle of equal consideration of interests is that we give equal weight in our moral deliberations to the like interests of all those affected by our actions. (...) an interest is an interest, whoever's interest it may be.

Practical Ethics, 3rd Edition (2011)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Peter Singer (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.