Killing them, therefore, cannot be equated with killing normal human beings, or any other self-conscious beings...No infant-disabled or not-has as strong a claim to life as beings capable of seeing themselves as distinct entities, existing over time.

Peter Singer

Practical Ethics

On killing infants.

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Topic

Human rights

Author

Peter Singer

Source

Practical Ethics

Genre

Philosophical literature

Language

English

Time

1979 1970s 20th century

Occupation

Philosopher Writer

From

Australia Oceania

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Citation

Singer, Peter. Practical Ethics. Cambridge University Press, 1979, ch. 7.

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