If we all think only of our own interests, we are headed for collectiv…

Peter Singer
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If we all think only of our own interests, we are headed for collective disaster - just look at what we are doing to our planet's climate. ✨ Peter Singer (2016). Ethics in the Real World: 82 Brief Essays on Things That Matter, p.316, Princeton University Press
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If we all think only of our own interests, we are headed for collective disaster - just look at what we are doing to our planet's climate. ✨ Peter Singer (2016). Ethics in the Real World: 82 Brief Essays on Things That Matter, p.316, Princeton University Press

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