James Rachels

"We should care about the interests of other people for the same reason we care about our own interests; for their needs and desires are comparable to our own."

"Ethical Egoism advocates that each of us divide the world into two categories of people—ourselves and all the rest—and that we regard the interests of those in the first group as more important than t…"

"Human life will no longer be regarded with the kind of superstitious awe which it is accorded in traditional thought, and the lives of non-humans will no longer be a matter of indifference. This means…"

"Our triumphs seem hollow unless we have friends to share them, and our failures are made bearable by their understanding."

"How could anyone seriously believe that animals do not feel pain? After all, we have virtually the same evidence for animal pain that we have for human pain......So, on what grounds could anyone possi…"

"The doctrine of human dignity says that humans merit a level of moral concern wholly different from that accorded to mere animals; for this to be true, there would have to be some big, morally signifi…"

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