Singer's views
    Marta Russell 
    ap888 at lafn.org
       
    Wed Jun  5 15:39:33 PDT 2002
    
    
  
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "joanna bujes" <joanna.bujes at ebay.sun.com>
>
>
>>  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
How does Singer know when the moment of "conception of self" occurs?
He doesn't.  He's full of BS.
Marta
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Marta Russell
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