Monday, February 14, 2005
A mild correction
On my comment about Peter Singer I wrote that he believed an abortion was okay after a child's birth up until a "child's brain functions enough to feel pain."
This statement is true but incomplete. Singer is a Utilitarian who sees good/bad in terms of joy/suffering. He has a more nuanced description for his post-birth abortion then what I wrote. What I wrote makes his ideas seem simplistic and absurd, when they are really quite complex and absurd.
This statement is true but incomplete. Singer is a Utilitarian who sees good/bad in terms of joy/suffering. He has a more nuanced description for his post-birth abortion then what I wrote. What I wrote makes his ideas seem simplistic and absurd, when they are really quite complex and absurd.
