----- Original Message ----- From: "joanna bujes" <joanna.bujes at ebay.sun.com> To: <lbo-talk at lists.panix.com> Sent: Wednesday, June 05, 2002 11:02 AM Subject: Re: Singer's views
> Singer's calculus of "happiness" is that of a moron. There is no relation
> between being a perfect object and happinesss.
There are certainly a great number of maladies that can detract from human happiness. We've all endured our share, I'm sure. However, this doesn't even begin to touch upon Singer's strongest conclusion: entities with no conception of self aren't persons. To claim otherwise, one must make arguments that suspiciously mirror the ones made by those who protest the destruction of innocent embryos.
-- Luke
> In fact, his objectification
> of humans through this kind of reduction, kills us all outright.
>
> My best friend got into an argument about abortion with some guy, and he
> said, "I don't get it, if you can kill a foetus, why can't you kill a baby
> after it is born?"
> "Because," my friend replied, "after it is born, it's a guest in your
house."
>
> That's all.
>
> Joanna