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Peter Singer on Henry Sidgwick's Ethics

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The Importance of Henry Sidric

Singer: If we lived in a world run by Henry Sidric, what would it be like? I think he never saw himself as a leader or a ruler, but I suppose he hoped that the people he was educating would be rulers. They would have concern for general happiness and welfare of animals because he does mention that. He was one of the first to raise this question about if we can affect the size of the population that exists in the future. So I think the world would have been a better place if his influence were more prevalent.

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