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What does the controversy about Peter Singer say about public knowledge of and debate over serious philosophy? Is Mr. Singer part of the mainstream of philosophy today? Are his ideas as dangerous as his critics contend?
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"Coming late to this argument, I will add just one note:..."
"The commonest reaction to Singer's views is one of anger rather than fear..."
"Nick Schulz, Singer would say, as would I, that if there are two options open to you,..."
"This response is to Jim Ryan. Singer relies on the pleasure/pain principle..."
"I knew little about Peter Singer before I read the article,..."
"Is a cat's life as valuable, worthy as a human life? Yes! So is a..."
"People who care about the future should be very concerned about Peter Singer..."
"Singer makes a fundamental mistake when he argues that it is immoral for anyone to enjoy luxuries while the abject suffering of others could be diminished..."
"May an old lady without advanced degrees or institutional connections have a word?..."
"As a defender of the Constitutional rights of all persons with disabilities, regardless of age,..."
"I can only makes inferences from James Franklin's comments..."
"This is a nice philosophical discussion, but to those of us living in the trenches,..."
"Singer raises issues that the unthinking revile. Should we rush to prevent all suicides?..."
"Singer's simplistic brand of utilitarianism is not only intellectually suspect,..."
"When someone mentions the sanctity of life, I look at the world around me and shake my head,..."
"I have been stimulated by the responses in this Colloquy..."
"Peter Singer rejects the Judeo-Christian ethic based on the sanctity of human life,..."
"Utilitarianism, especially as regarding people who are perceived to be different (people with disabilities and others),..."
"My concern about people deciding for the whole who should die and who should live..."
"I remember reading Peter Singer's ethics textbook in a sophomore level ethics course..."
"Good philosophers as well as religious fundamentalists have attacked Singer..."
"Denis Wilde is a danger. He commands us to do what some imaginary being called 'God' bids..."
"Mr. Singer's reliance on the popular riddle is misplaced..."
"...'the movie "Silence of the Lambs" came to mind. That movie was deeply disturbing to many people, not for what it said or showed,'..."
"To James Woods and other like-minded: Read St. Paul's letter to Romans, chapter one..."
"I agree with another respondent. Is life only valuable when it is a biographical or rational/self-conscious life?..."
"Sharlet's article seems to imply that when Singer cares for his mother who has Alzheimer's he departs from his ethical stance on the disabled..."
"While reading your article, 'Why Are We Afraid of Peter Singer?' the movie 'Silence of the Lambs' came to mind..."
"We have been taught to fear ideas..."
"It was once the case that it was pronounced with confidence that the Lord giveth and the Lord taketh..."
"Professor Singer represents all that is right about philosophy and has built his reputation on it..."
"Peter Singer should be very happy he is not disabled..."
"I think Singer makes many people angry for the same sorts of reasons that Socrates did..."
"The very process of asking a wide range of questions is healthy,..."
"Singer's argument for infanticide rests squarely and precariously on research by psychologists on self-consciousness,..."
"Peter Singer may remind us to live ethically, but only to his rather hateful ethics..."
"I agree fully on Peter Singer's views..."
"Peter Singer has challenged us all to live ethically..."
"The greatest danger to philosophy is to leave it locked up in the Ivory Tower,..."
"I am not a Utilitarian, and I disagree with Peter Singer on many issues..."
"It amazes me that intelligent individuals continue to adhere to a method of thought called 'utilitarianism.'..."
"Still waiting for an argument that Singer's wrong..."
"Peter Singer's views, though not conservative, are mainstream in the sense that they are held by large numbers of thoughtful people worldwide..."
"Two points: What is so valuable about the utilitarian argument..."
"The comments about Peter Singer since his appointment to Princeton range from manic to open worship..."
"I have argued for another position on euthanasia..."
"There is something about the construction of the questions that, to me, belies a prejudice in favor of Dr. Singer..."
"Dr. Singer is as dangerous as anyone who would subordinate human life..."
"Peter Singer's views are nothing new..."
"It's rather late in the game to seek out the opinions of people with disabilities, isn't it?..."
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