Herbert Spencer Is Little Read Now. Philosophers

We Certainly Would Resolve The Problems Of The Charities That Are Working In Areas Where They Can Do The Most Good. So If You Consider That The U.s. Foreign Aid Budget Is 30 Billion, Yes, We Could Make A Major Contribution To Reducing Global Poverty, Start To Deal Much Better With Some Of The Other Big Environmental Problems That The World Faces. So I Think We Could Solve A Lot Of Problems.

To Be A Utilitarian Means That You Judge Actions As Right Or Wrong In Accordance With Whether They Have Good Consequences. So You Try To Do What Will Have The Best Consequences For All Of Those Affected.

Ethics Is Inescapable.

I Suppose What's Happened Recently Has Confirmed Suspicions I Voiced In The Book, And I Think Made Clearer Some Of Those Things That I Point Out. For Instance I Have A Section Of The Book Where I Talk About The Possibility Of Torture.

At Present Scientists Do Not Look For Alternatives Simply Because They Do Not Care Enough About The Animals They Are Using.