“The Drum” – part of Australia’s ABC network – is featuring a response to a recent “Q & A” with Peter Singer on the network. Readers of this blog can guess some of the territory he covered – infanticide, euthanasia, personhood, etc. Anyone curious can check out the interview. The responder to Singer is Stella … Continue reading Australia: ABC ‘Ramp-Up’ Editor Writes “The Case Against Peter Singer”
I suspect most readers of this blog are familiar with Peter Singer – mostly through his views on infanticide and euthanasia. Many others are already familiar with his book Animal Liberation – a book that served as the first inspiration for many who are now in the animal rights movement. Singer’s worldview – and the … Continue reading RESEARCH – Study finds that antisocial personality traits linked to embracing utilitarian ethics – (like those promoted by Peter Singer)
Last week, Peter Singer continued his longstanding vendetta against people with disabilities in a public lecture at Princeton University: Peter Singer, a professor with the University Center for Human Values, presented a talk on “Rationing Health Care” on Tuesday. The event, open to the public, was sponsored by the Student Bioethics Forum. Currently, the United … Continue reading Peter Singer: Latest Lecture Recommends Rationing Health Care on the Back of Disabled People
Is there something in the air? Earlier this year, a friend and former colleague introduced me to someone on Facebook – an amazing guy who has what looks like a bottomless well of energy and passion, judging from the status messages I see and the info on his info page. Sometime after I posted this … Continue reading Connecting Disability Rights and Animal Rights – A Really Bad Idea
On Saturday Morning, I was a guest of Stephen Hand on his show on blogtalkradio. It was a long discussion that covered topics such as the recent positive media attention being given to Jack Kevorkian, mostly being stage-managed by HBO and CNN, which are both properties of Time-Warner. We also talked about Peter Singer, bioethics … Continue reading Long Discussion on Kevorkian and Related Topics with Stephen Hand
