(March 5, 2020 at 6:25 pm)vulcanlogician Wrote:Well said(March 5, 2020 at 3:35 pm)Klorophyll Wrote: Meanwhile, I find Peter Singer, a sophisticated moral philosopher, who thinks it's okay to rape disabled people.
https://www.currentaffairs.org/2017/04/n...led-people
So, I don't think it's Singer himself who is to blame for this bizarre idea, but rather it is that he staunchly advocates for utilitarianism. When most (reasonable) philosophers look at utilitarianism closely, they conclude that it is not a tenable position. But I also see where Singer is coming from, too: it's far more tenable than most other moral theories, and perhaps it has the fewest complications. Ethics is pretty messy when you get right down to it. At least someone is willing to stand knee deep in shit and try to argue for what may be right.
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