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In the real world, 90% of the money spent on medical research is focused on conditions that are responsible for just 10% of the deaths and disability caused by diseases globally.

~Peter Singer

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Almost everybody accepts that some people can be killed. 'The concept of 'brain death' - the belief that people on respirators can legitimately be killed - shows that.

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All I say about severely disabled babies is that when a life is so miserable it is not worth living, then it is permissible to give it a lethal injection. These are decisions that should be taken by parents - never the state - in consultation with their doctors.

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We tend to think that people are more to blame for their acts than for their omissions.

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I think I get angry when people cause serious suffering or don't alleviate suffering when they could.

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There's a difference between early and late abortions. If you have a late abortion, where the fetus might feel pain, then I think you should have a good reason. Because then you're inflicting pain. As you go through the third trimester, you need to have more serious reasons to end a pregnancy.

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I find it extraordinary that anyone would have an intellectual conversion to Roman Catholicism.

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Biography

Nationality: Australian

Type: Philosopher

Born: July 6th, 1946

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