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#6 — Peter Singer | Utilitarianism and Animals

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The Demandingness of an Ethical Theory

I don't think that the demandingness of an ethical theory can ever be a criticism of its ontology no I don't think so I know circumstances well not in not simply the fact that it's very demanding. The only question you asked then is is who's side of you on but I thought that was really really a let down according to Bernard Williams' article about human prejudice. It would have been better if more people had said it's not a case of whose side am I on it's a case of what will do the most good, he says. start to think along more along the lines that I think they want to do.

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