“If it is in our power to prevent something bad from happening, without thereby sacrificing anything of comparable moral importance, we ought, morally, to do it.”

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If it is in our power to prevent something bad from happening, without thereby sacrificing anything of comparable moral importance, we ought, morally, to do it. — Peter Singer quote card
Philosopher · 1946

Australian moral philosopher, a founder of the effective altruism movement and author of Animal Liberation.

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