On this day, we offer a prayer of thanks that so many people of faith have chosen to join us in the spirit that animates so many religions: the golden rule to do unto others what you would like them to do unto you, and a belief in equity, charity, and the elimination of
unnecessary suffering in the world.
The ethical task for Singer is to reduce
unnecessary suffering in the world.
Not exact matches
Nestlé is the target of a boycott because it contributes to the
unnecessary death and
suffering of infants around the
world by aggressively marketing baby foods
in breach of international marketing standards.
Nestlé, the maker of Nescafé, is the target of a boycott because it aggressively markets baby foods around the
world in breach of international marketing standards, contributing to the
unnecessary death and
suffering of infants.
Despite this, Nestlé Chairman, Peter Brabeck - Letmathé did exactly this
in an interview with The Guardian
in January 2014: «Brabeck also defended Nestlé against accusations by Baby Milk Action that it contributes to the
unnecessary death and
suffering of infants around the
world by aggressively marketing baby foods.
For us,
World AIDS Day is such an initiative, where uniting
in the fight against HIV must begin with accepting scientific evidence for the basis and treatment of HIV / AIDS, and acknowledging human responsibility and endeavour as the way to reduce harm, to prevent
unnecessary suffering and deaths, and to combat prejudice and discrimination.
There,
in the midst of unalloyed decadence, he indicts conspicuous consumption by suggesting that we have a moral obligation not merely to do no harm but to help reduce «the amount of
unnecessary pain and
suffering in the
world.»
It's time ladies and gentlemen to all join ranks and fight puppy farming so that when we meet here
in exactly one year's time, we can look back on a successful 12 months when we were all — every single one of us — part of positive change for animal welfare, and the
world will be reminded once again of the nation of animal lovers we proudly once were before we preferred to exploit them by painful greed and
unnecessary suffering.
It's not just a few people living
in a few slums either, it's the majority of the
world's population that
suffers these
unnecessary conditions on a daily basis.
A
world in which many countries see more than one out of every ten children die before their fifth birthday is a
world where there is still an immense amount of
unnecessary suffering.