The following quote is from Peter Singer, who the New York Times called “the world’s most influential living philosopher” in 2000.
JB Schneewind “Don’t Bring Home the Bacon” The New York Times, December 17, 2000
Peter Singer was asked, “Would you kill a disabled baby?”
He replied:
“Yes, if that was in the best interests of the baby and of the family as a whole. Many people find this shocking, yet they support a woman’s right to have an abortion. One point on which I agree with opponents of abortion is that – from the point of view of ethics rather than the law – there is no sharp distinction between the fetus and the newborn baby.”
“Peter Singer: You Ask the Questions” The Independent September 11, 2006
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