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You might hold an ethical position that its wrong to lie, but if y

You might hold an ethical position that its wrong to lie, but if you have plans for a war in Iraq, and you want to keep them secret for practical reasons – to reduce casualties, perhaps – and someone asks you about those plans, you may need to lie for a good outcome. – Peter Singer

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So, basically, my view is I dont want to support the exploitation of animals, and within reason, I will do what I can to avoid it, but its not like its a religion for me. Its not like I consider Im polluted if somehow some bit of milk or cheese or something passes my lips. – Peter Singer

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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

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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

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War involves in its progress such a train of unforeseen circumstances that no human wisdom can calculate the end it has but one thing certain, and that is to increase taxes. – Thomas Paine

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I am still profoundly troubled by the war in Nicaragua. The United States launched a covert war against another nation in violation of international law, a war that was wrong and immoral. – Bianca Jagger

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To kill a man is not to defend a doctrine, but to kill a man. – Michael Servetus

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A professional soldier understands that war means killing people, war means maiming people, war means families left without fathers and mothers. – Norman Schwarzkopf

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I will follow the right side even to the fire, but excluding the fire if I can. – Michel de Montaigne, translated

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Of course, Hollywood is still making some excellent pictures which reflect the great artistry that made Hollywood famous throughout the world, but these films are exceptions, judging from box office returns and press reviews. – Pola Negri

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