3 December 2020 Peter Singer Bush is morally a universalist. For instance, he says the freedom is good, the same thing is good, all over the world. So in that sense he’s a universalist.
3 December 2020 Peter Singer 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.
3 December 2020 Peter Singer 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.
3 December 2020 Peter Singer I don’t understand the notion that modern farming is anything do to with nature. It’s a pretty gross interference with nature.
3 December 2020 Peter Singer Ancient recipients of instant news probably couldn’t do very much about it, for instance. Xerxes would still need three months to get his army together, and he might not get home for years.
3 December 2020 Peter Singer Bush sees the evil as out there in the wider world, residing in people who ‘hate freedom’. Look at his immediate response to the pictures of prisoner abuse this is not what Americans do, these are not our values.
3 December 2020 Peter Singer Business ethics has always had problems that are distinct from those of other professions, such as medicine, law, engineering, dentistry, or nursing.
3 December 2020 Peter Singer 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.
3 December 2020 Peter Singer In most of the world, it is accepted that if animals are to be killed for food, they should be killed without suffering.
3 December 2020 Peter Singer In a democracy, citizens pass judgment on their government, and if they are kept in the dark about what their government is doing, they cannot be in a position to make well-grounded decisions.
3 December 2020 Peter Singer We have a new generation of very rich people who want to do more with their money than buy a lot of expensive toys. They want to live meaningful lives.
3 December 2020 Peter Singer I don’t think nationalism is alone holding the field it’s in contention with a lot of different things.
3 December 2020 Peter Singer That’s a central part of philosophy, of ethics. What do I owe to strangers? What do I owe to my family? What is it to live a good life? Those are questions which we face as individuals.
3 December 2020 Peter Singer 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.
3 December 2020 Peter Singer 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.
3 December 2020 Peter Singer 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.
3 December 2020 Peter Singer It’s also much clearer how much damage the occupation of Iraq is doing to America’s reputation and prestige around the world and that’s just starting now to hit home in the United States.
