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As soon as I saw Peter Singer, I knew what kind of controversial ideas they would be. Check out the writings of Bertrand Russell for more of the same. It's lik
by rgrieselhuber 8y ago
As soon as I saw Peter Singer, I knew what kind of controversial ideas they would be. Check out the writings of Bertrand Russell for more of the same.
It's likely to be the old, regurgitated fantasies from the British Empire and early 20th century eugenicists.
- opwieurposiu 8y agoI think your comment wonderfully demonstrates the utility of publishing under a pseudonym. Rather then confront the actual merits and problems with this or that specific argument, a straw man is contructed and immediately doused with ad hominem. If the writer is anonymous, fallacious and time wasting ad hominem reasoning is prevented.
- rgrieselhuber 8y agoAd Hominem is saying that something is invalid because of who the author / speaker is. I didn’t say that these ideas are likely to be invalid because they come from people like Peter Singer. I said based on the inclusion of people like him, it’s clear (to me, at least) what kind of ideas this journal will be discussing.
- monk22 8y agoyah conflating Singer's ideas with imperialism and eugenics is just silly. Arguing about the person-hood of disabled babies is not the same as killing babies of other races because of some pseudo-science white supremacy bullshit
- rgrieselhuber 8y agoIf you don’t see the similarity, I don’t know what to tell you. The thing they have in common is arguing against personhood.
- jeffreyrogers 8y agoI don't agree with most of Peter Singer's controversial positions (I'm not a utilitarian), but I think calling him a eugenicist is unfair and misrepresents his position.
- rgrieselhuber 8y agoI didn’t call him a eugenicist. But I do put his opinions in the same category.
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- jimjansen1 8y agoYes clearly children should have the right to be born with Tay-Sachs disease, Harlequin ichthyosis and Lesch-Nyhan Syndrome. They should be forced to live a live of abject horror to conform with our primitive morals.