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To: LearsFool

So, would Peter Singer object if I were to put a gun to his forehead and pull the trigger? After all, I would just be acting as he proposes, right?


11 posted on 09/17/2009 7:08:52 AM PDT by Arkansas Toothpick
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To: Arkansas Toothpick

Sure, if it leads to “greater happiness for the many”, even Singer would have to go quietly into that good night or else abandon his position.


12 posted on 09/17/2009 7:22:13 AM PDT by LearsFool ("Thou shouldst not have been old, till thou hadst been wise.")
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