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Infanticide Promoter: Morally Stunted (Peter Singer Alert!)
Worldnetdaily.com ^ | 04/17/04 | N/A

Posted on 04/16/2004 10:46:42 PM PDT by goldstategop

Infanticide Promoter: Bush morally stunted Ethicist says president should have 'turned the other cheek' after 9/11.

A controversial college professor who thinks parents should be able to kill disabled children says though President Bush makes himself out to be a good Christian leader, he has the moral development of a 13-year-old boy.

Peter Singer, professor of bioethics at Princeton University, said in an interview with an Australian newspaper Bush sees the world "very simply, in black and white, as good versus evil, and he thinks that America is the good guy, and therefore whatever America does is right."

"That's incredibly dangerous when you are the leader of the most powerful nation on earth," he told the Melbourne newspaper The Age. "But that belief is what enabled him to justify starting a war with Iraq that would cost thousands of innocent people their lives."

The Age noted Singer's book, "The President of Good and Evil: the Ethics of George W. Bush," does not conclude Bush himself is evil, "because that's not a word I throw around too much."

Singer also doesn't say the president is stupid, "which a lot of other people might say. But I do think he's a moral failure, in his own terms, and in any terms."

The professor, who advocates killing the disabled up to 28 days after birth, was the subject of protests when he was hired by in 1999 by Princeton, a school founded by the Presbyterian denomination. A group calling itself Princeton Students Against Infanticide issued a petition charging the Australian professor "denies the intrinsic moral worth of an entire class of human beings – newborn children."

"His assertion of the appropriateness of killing some humans based on others' decision concerning the 'quality' of their lives should strike fear into everyone who cherishes equality and honors human life," the petition said.

The group called the hiring a "blatant violation of Princeton University's policy of respect for people with disabilities."

Singer also is known for launching the modern animal rights movement with his 1975 book "Animal Liberation," which argues against "speciesism." He insists animals should be accorded the same value as humans and should not be discriminated against because they belong to a non-human species.

Last year, he was given the World Technology Award for Ethics by the World Technology Network.

In the interview with The Age, Singer acknowledged he differs with Bush in his view of the "sanctity of life."

"But Bush claims to believe that human life is sacred," Singer said. "So my book asks whether his statements about human life, and his willingness to go to war in Iraq are actually consistent, or is it evidence of muddled thinking?"

Singer asserted Bush was wrong to go to war in Afghanistan.

A truly Christian leader, he said, would have "turned the other cheek" when the United States was attacked by terrorists Sept. 11, 2001, because the response led to the loss of innocent life.

The war in Iraq also was wrong, Singer said, because Saddam Hussein was no threat to the U.S.

Singer said while all president's have moral failings, Bush's are more serious because of his power.


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; Editorial; News/Current Events; Philosophy; Politics/Elections; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: 911; ethics; morallystunted; petersinger; rightandwrong; terrorism
Peter Singer's idea of ethics: President Bush lacks moral character, he should have turned his cheek after 9/11 and Saddam Hussein was just a misunderstood fellow. Leave to a liberal "ethics" professor who thinks infanticide is cool, to call Bush a "morally stunted" person.
1 posted on 04/16/2004 10:46:42 PM PDT by goldstategop
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To: goldstategop
Leave to a liberal "ethics" professor who thinks infanticide is cool, to call Bush a "morally stunted" person.

Amen.

What makes Singer even more morally stunted are his arguments in favor of killing young already-born humans combined with his elevation of animal rights. Field mice have more rights in Singer's universe than do 10-day-old children.

2 posted on 04/16/2004 10:53:27 PM PDT by Numbers Guy
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To: Numbers Guy
Yep. Its interesting liberals don't believe in 'turning the other cheek' to their enemies. They're full of venom and hate. You gotta wonder why President Bush upsets Singer and his ilk so much. Its not like he's done anything to offend them.
3 posted on 04/16/2004 10:55:52 PM PDT by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives On In My Heart Forever)
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To: goldstategop
The ultimate coward Singer is. He can kill the innocent but cannot confront evil. Perhaps that is because he is an evil twerp!
4 posted on 04/16/2004 10:56:03 PM PDT by ChiMark
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To: ChiMark
I've always wondered why he's an ethics professor at one of our leading universities. His advocacy of animal rights and infanticide does not jibe with our traditional understanding of ethics. He says President Bush has the developmental level of a 13 year old. Singer's right on that score, but not about Bush. The entire Left is childish and can't put behind them their rage and hate of the President Of The United States.
6 posted on 04/16/2004 11:01:43 PM PDT by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives On In My Heart Forever)
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To: Michaelrowtheboatashore
Intellectuals today are arrogant and condescending and superior to the riff-raff. I'm glad to be a dim-witted 13 year old member of the riff-raff Singer despises and I'm flattered by the good doctor's insult of our President.
7 posted on 04/16/2004 11:03:46 PM PDT by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives On In My Heart Forever)
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To: goldstategop
I've always wondered why he's an ethics professor at one of our leading universities.

Hmmm...because he's a careerist with the intellectual development of mayonaise who never saw a bandwagon he didn't grab onto with both greasy hands, and who wouldn't recognize genuine scholarship if it b*tchslapped his smirking face?

9 posted on 04/16/2004 11:11:27 PM PDT by Slings and Arrows (Am Yisrael Chai!)
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To: Michaelrowtheboatashore
For the left, fantasy is their passion. They're enraged at any one who interrupts their dream world with a picture of the real world outside.
10 posted on 04/16/2004 11:11:49 PM PDT by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives On In My Heart Forever)
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"But Bush claims to believe that human life is sacred," Singer said. "So my book asks whether his statements about human life, and his willingness to go to war in Iraq are actually consistent, or is it evidence of muddled thinking?"

This is one of the most infantile arguments hatched in the minds of the left. They seem not able to differentiate between killing murderers and killing innocents...But rationality isn't their strong suit, they worship at the altar of relativism.

11 posted on 04/16/2004 11:14:32 PM PDT by Outraged
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To: Outraged
Bingo! They can't differentiate between the butchery of the innocent and self-defense against murderers, especially those bent on the genocide of the human race. In their world, right and wrong does not matter so much as who has the power.
12 posted on 04/16/2004 11:16:35 PM PDT by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives On In My Heart Forever)
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To: goldstategop
Aborting because of a cleft palate condition:
http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/crime/story.jsp?story=512261
13 posted on 04/17/2004 12:20:48 AM PDT by thegreatbeast (Quid lucrum istic mihi est?)
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To: goldstategop
"You gotta wonder why President Bush upsets Singer and his ilk so much. Its not like he's done anything to offend them."

He is beating them and that is offensive to them.
15 posted on 04/17/2004 11:56:12 AM PDT by CzarNicky (The problem with bad ideas is that they seemed like good ideas at the time.)
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To: goldstategop
Singer failed his own moral code once he failed to off his mother timely.
16 posted on 04/18/2004 9:46:24 PM PDT by Askel5
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To: Askel5
Not only is he a professor, he is the chair of the ethics department.
17 posted on 04/21/2004 8:20:36 AM PDT by tang-soo
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To: goldstategop
Peter Singer, professor of bioethics at Princeton University, said in an interview with an Australian newspaper Bush sees the world "very simply, in black and white, as good versus evil..."

The first principle of moral reasoning is that "the good is to be done and evil avoided." This guy isn't fit for being a dogcatcher.

18 posted on 04/21/2004 8:26:39 AM PDT by Aquinasfan (Isaiah 22:22, Rev 3:7, Mat 16:19)
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To: goldstategop
They're enraged at any one who interrupts their dream world with a picture of the real world outside.

They've exchanged the truth for a lie. The Truth is God, so ultimately, they're rejecting God.

19 posted on 04/21/2004 8:28:50 AM PDT by Aquinasfan (Isaiah 22:22, Rev 3:7, Mat 16:19)
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