We have an obligation to try to reduce the pains of others,… - Richard D. Ryder

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We have an obligation to try to reduce the pains of others, wherever they are, and however the pains have been caused.

Richard D. Ryder

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Richard Hood Jack Dudley Ryder (born 1940) is a British writer, psychologist, and animal rights advocate.

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Alternative Names: Richard Ryder • Richard Hood Jack Dudley Ryder • Richard Dudley Ryder • Dr. Richard Hood Jack Dudley Ryder

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David Pearce Peter Singer William Brown J. Howard Moore Bertrand Russell

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Are there then any moral foundations on which we can all agree, at least to some extent? I believe there are and that they are these: pain is bad, and so, causing unnecessary pain to others is wrong.

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[The] habit of totalling pains and pleasures across individuals is one of the main errors in ethics today.

We have an obligation to try to reduce the pains of others, wherever they are, and however the pains have been caused. - Richard D. Ryder

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