“The new freedom of expression brought by the Internet goes far beyond politics. People relate to each other in new ways, posing questions about how we should respond to people when all that we know about them is what we have learned through a medium that permits all kinds of anonymity and deception.”
— Peter Singer
Author: Peter Singer
Category: politics
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“Interest in business ethics courses has surged, and student activities at leading business schools are more focused than ever before on making business serve long-term social values.”
— Peter Singer
Author: Peter Singer
Category: business
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“What is faith? If you believe something because you have evidence for it, or rational argument, that is not faith. So faith seems to be believing something despite the absence of evidence or rational argument for it.”
— Peter Singer
Author: Peter Singer
Category: faith
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“The hope of Internet anarchists was that repressive governments would have only two options: accept the Internet with its limitless possibilities of spreading information, or restrict Internet access to the ruling elite and turn your back on the 21st century, as North Korea has done.”
— Peter Singer
Author: Peter Singer
Category: hope
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“Do business managers have a commitment to anything more than the success of their company and to making money? It would be hard to say that they do. Indeed, many business leaders deny that there is any conflict between self-interest and the interests of all.”
— Peter Singer
Author: Peter Singer
Category: business
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“In most of the world, it is accepted that if animals are to be killed for food, they should be killed without suffering.”
— Peter Singer
Author: Peter Singer
Category: food
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“Knowledge is generally considered a good thing; so, presumably, knowing more about how the U.S. thinks and operates around the world is also good.”
— Peter Singer
Author: Peter Singer
Category: knowledge
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“When fish experience something that would cause other animals physical pain, they behave in ways suggestive of pain, and the change in behaviour may last several hours.”
— Peter Singer
Author: Peter Singer
Category: change
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