Saturday, December 03, 2005
PETER SINGER'S LATEST STATEMENT
During the next 35 years, the traditional view of the sanctity of human life will collapse under pressure from scientific, technological, and demographic developments, says controversial bio-ethics professor Peter Singer.
"By 2040, it may be that only a rump of hard-core, know-nothing religious fundamentalists will defend the view that every human life, from conception to death, is sacrosanct," says Princeton University's defender of infanticide. "In retrospect, 2005 may be seen as the year in which that position (of the sanctity of life) became untenable," he writes in the fall issue of Foreign Policy.
Singer sees 2005's battle over the life of Terri Schiavo as a key to this changing ethic.
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"a rump of hard-core, know-nothing religious fundamentalists"
Sweet!
I emphasize it just in case there was any lurking doubt about what the opposition thinks of us.
Blogger credit to a reader for the link.
Our Lady of Fatima, pray for us!
