Avustralyali ahlak filozofu Peter Albert David Singer’in dogum gunu (6 Temmuz 1946)
"Diger hayvanlardan daha az vahsi oldugumuzu dusunmeyi cok severiz. “Insancil’ kelimesi iyi kalpli nazik anlamİna gelir ‘hayvani’ ‘hayvanca’ gibi kelimeleri ise Zalim ya da kotu kalpli anlaminda kullaniriz. Hic soyle bir durup dusunmeyiz ki en onemsiz gerekcelerle olduren hayvan insandir. Baska hayvanlari oldurdukleri icin aslanların ve kurtlarin vahsi oldugunu dusunuruz ama onlar oldurmek zorundadir yoksa kendileri olur. Insanlarsa baska hayvanlari spor yapmak, meraklarini gidermek, vücutlarini guzellestirmek ya da damak zevklerini tatmin etmek icin oldurur Ayrica ac gozlulukleri ve iktidar hirslari yuzunden kendi turlerinin bireylerini de oldururler.”
“We have always liked to think ourselves less savage than the other animals. To say that people are ‘humane’ is to say that they are kind; to say they are ‘beastly’, ‘brutal’, or simply that they behave ‘like animals’ is to suggest that they are cruel and nasty. We rarely stop to consider that the animal who kills with the least reason to do so is the human animal. We think of lions and wolves as savage because they kill, but they must kill, or starve. Humans kill other animals for sport, to satisfy their curiosity, to beautify their bodies, and to please their palates. Human beings also kill members of their own species for greed or power.”


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