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Peter Singer on Consequentialism

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How to Reach Ethical Decisions

If we were to become convinced that some one else knows better than we do how to act, then it would be reasonable to follow that person. In reaching ethical decisions, we don't have any a i that is good reaching ethical decisions as yet. It can only provide us with the factual information that we need. But we may overtime come to know people who are wise, and we recognize that they gave us good advice in the past,. which perhaps we didn't follow and would have turned out better if we had followed.

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