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To: LindyBill who wrote (98727)	2/4/2005 9:47:30 PM
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Two new reviews of Singer. To me, he is an example of the concept that you are entitled to free speech, but not to a forum. I think it is an abomination that he is a Professor at Princeton. It's like giving the position to a "David Duke." Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde by Jenny Teichman The New Criterion home page Dr. Jekyll would not be famous were it not for his connection with Mr. Hyde. Perhaps one reason that Peter Singer’s name is well known, both to students of philosophy and to lay people, is that he is a Jekyll-and-Hyde kind of person. As Dr. Jekyll, Singer is a leading figure in the campaign against cruelty to animals. Qua Mr. Hyde, he insists that there is nothing wrong with killing human infants if they are either (a) severely deformed or brain-damaged or (b) simply not wanted by parents or adopters. newcriterion.com The false philosophy of Peter Singer by Jenny Teichman In his book he asserts that human beings qua human beings have no right to life: “The wrongness of killing a being cannot depend on its species.” In his book he asserts that killable infants need not be defective: “The only difference between killing a normal infant and a defective one is the attitude of the parents.” newcriterion.com