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Peter Singer on his ethical legacy

The Gray Area with Sean Illing

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The Role of Parents in the Disability Community

I continue to think there's no real ethical difference between bringing about a child's death by turning off life support than giving the child a lethal injection. I accept that there are all kinds of worthwhile lives. But I certainly accept the point that doctors themselves may have a prejudice against people with disabilities and that therefore it's good to get a wider range of advice. And so what makes this not a general argument for the permissibility of euthanasia for very young infants across the board? That if some of this is about being able to make plans that can be frustrated of having a sense of your life and its scope, I didn't have that as an infant. I think most of us don

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