…NY Times after the protest: Demonstrators opposed to Princeton’s hiring of Peter Singer, who has written in support of euthanasia for some disabled infants and is the university’s first professor of bioethics, protested his inaugural day of teaching yesterday by chaining themselves to the administration building. The Princeton police said they arrested 14 people who refused to stop blocking the entrances to Nassau Hall, the administration building…
…n, Effective Voice for the Disabled, Dies at 67 (New York Times, 09/28/21) Peter Singer Wins $1 Million Berggruen Prize (New York Times, 09/11/21) ‘Not Worth The Resources’: How The Pandemic Revealed Existing Biases Against The Disability Community (KALW, 09/07/21) Letter from Disabled Ventilator Users on Philips Respironics Recall (Disability Visibility Project, 09/01/21) Advocates Demand Solutions For Sleep Apnea Patients Following Massive Devic…
…Singer: The Worst You Can Do On Saturday, October 24, the bioethicist Dr. Peter Singer will be delivering a lecture at Northwestern University in Evanston. The lecture is titled “The Most Good You Can Do.” Ironically Dr. Singer is well known for his views that people with severe disabilities do not lead lives worth living and it is better (and less expensive) just to let them die. Please check out this link for his latest statements asserting tha…
…: On Monday, March 9, a group called the Public Square hosted a lecture by Peter Singer, a professor of Bioethics at Princeton University. The event took place at the International House on the University of Chicago Campus. Singer’s lecture was titled “The Life You Can Save”; the title echoes his latest book (THE LIFE YOU CAN SAVE Acting Now to End World Poverty), in which Singer argues that individuals who are economically comfortable, or safe, i…
…a pitch to disability rights activists opens by acknowledging the role of Peter Singer in legitimizing animal ethics. (Note – the second link on Peter Singer’s name is to a recent protest letter endorsed by multiple disability organizations – the link in the article excerpt is to a wikipedia entry.) You can read Salomon’s article yourself, but his main message is contained here: I propose a variation of the linked oppression model, namely that th…
