We should aim for our children to be good people, and to live ethical …

Peter Singer
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We should aim for our children to be good people, and to live ethical lives that manifest concern for others as well as for themselves. ✨ Peter Singer (2016). Ethics in the Real World: 82 Brief Essays on Things That Matter, p.315, Princeton University Press
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