I believe that in this new world that we live in, we often have a responsibility, you know, … - Peter Singer

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My teachers used to tell me you need to learn to adjust to fit the situation. Don't just do what you've always done because it might not always work.

Peter Singer

I believe that in this new world that we live in, we often have a responsibility, you know, to actually go beyond the thou shalt nots - that is, the not harming others - and say we can help others and we should be helping others.

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Philosophy ought to question the basic assumptions of the age. Thinking through, critically and carefully, what most of us take for granted is, I believe, the chief task of philosophy, and the task that makes philosophy a worthwhile activity.

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My view is different from this, only to the extent that if a decision is taken, by the parents and doctors, that it is better that a baby should die, I believe it should be possible to carry out that decision, not only by withholding or withdrawing life-support - which can lead to the baby dying slowly from dehydration or from an infection - but also by taking active steps to end the baby's life swiftly and humanely.

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The problem is not with the athletes, but with us. No matter how blatant the drug use may be, we don't stop watching the Tour de France. Maybe we should just turn off the television and get on our own bikes.

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

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Extreme poverty is not only a condition of unsatisfied material needs. It is often accompanied by a degrading state of powerlessness.

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When you make motion pictures, each picture is a life unto itself. When you finish and the picture is over, there's an understanding, a realization that we'll never be assembled this way again. That these relationships are severed forever and ever. And each of these films is a little life.

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My teachers used to tell me you need to learn to adjust to fit the situation. Don't just do what you've always done because it might not always work.

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Believe it or not, Japanese is actually easier than some European languages!

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Hello! The world is a mess!

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