On Sun, 25 Apr 1999 23:43:41 -1000 Ron Amundson
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: M.G.Peckitt <[log in to unmask]>
> To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: Sunday, April 25, 1999 11:17 PM
> Subject: Re: Singer appointment
>
>
> >He has no shortage of critics, like any
> >philosopher, but I do find it strange that no one has tried
> >to refute his ideas on euthenasia (perhaps they have in
> >the book "Singer and his critics"). Philosophy like many
> >other subjects is prone to trend following - a philosopher
> >will be 'refuted' by talk or gossip, merely because he 'out
> >of fashion' - Saul Kripke's book on Wittgenstein received
> >like treatment. If you can't refute it, ignore it.
> >
> >Michael
>
>
> Is anyone willing to take up Michael's challenge and try to refute the claim
> that disabled infants can morally be euthanized if they were to be replaced
> by non-disabled babies from the same parents? Or is infanticide just 'out
> of fashion' these days.
>
Well, I'm defintely goingto attempt to refute Singer's
theory. I've already been talking with my Ethics Tutor,
Head Moral and Social Philosophy at my University.
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M.G.Peckitt
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