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The Economic Times
The Economic Times
National
Piyush Shukla

Quote of the day by Peter Singer: “The more we can reduce unnecessary suffering, the better the world becomes.” Learn the powerful life lesson from the modern thinker who believes ignoring human and animal suffering is morally wrong — and how to create a more compassionate and meaningful life through small human actions

Quote of the day by Peter Singer: Peter Singer is widely regarded as one of the most influential voices in modern moral philosophy. Peter Singer has reshaped global debates on ethics, animal rights, poverty, and the idea of effective altruism. At the center of Peter Singer’s thinking is a simple but powerful question: how can human beings reduce suffering in the most meaningful and rational way possible?

Peter Singer builds his ethical framework on utilitarianism, a tradition associated with thinkers like Jeremy Bentham and John Stuart Mill. However, Peter Singer extends this idea into what is known as preference utilitarianism. In Peter Singer’s view, morality is not just about pleasure and pain, but about respecting the preferences and interests of all beings capable of experiencing harm or benefit.

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