One would think that an ultra liberal newspaper like the NYT would look askance at an advocate who believes parents should be allowed to murder their baby if the child does not suit the interests or promote the happiness of the family. But the Times loves Singer and has since the utiltiarain philosophy was brought to Princeton to head the misnamed Center for Human Values. That a publication so out of the mainstream of American values can still be considered the “newspaper of record” is increasingly hard to justify.
Now Singer is pushing health care rationing, which is medical discrmination by a polite name. Here’s the article . And here’s my take over at Secondhand Smoke .
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