Peter Singer at Stanford Wed. April 23, 7 PM

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Peter Singer at Stanford Wed. April 23, 7 PM

 

Just a reminder about Peter Singer's talk. See below (two e-mails

below) for details.

 

Although Singer's writings are seen as foundational to the animal rights

movement, I should note that some of Singer's views (e.g., concerning

euthanasia of disabled babies) have been met with dismay. See

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Singer for some details. I am noting

this because a Rutgers University lecturer (and vegetarian activist)

e-mailed this to me:

 

" I wish that I could be there to protest Peter Singer, a great enemy of

the disabled. ... I am surprised that you are not yet aware of the great

harm that Peter Singer is doing to the disabled community and its

struggle to achieve a modicum of respect from the 'abled' community.

Shame on you... "

 

-- Mike

 

 

ltornelas

Sunday, April 20, 2008 9:22 PM

ActivistsForAnimals

[ActivistsForAnimals] Re: Peter Singer's Talk Wed

 

Hi everyone,

 

For those of you planning on attending Peter Singer's talk on Wed., I

just wanted to mention that a number of us went to the Michael Pollen

talk they had at Stanford and it was packed.

 

People sitting on the floor in the aisles and people watching from

outside the windows.

 

And I heard Marion Nestle's talk was the same.

 

I would encourage people to get there early.

 

Hopefully they reserved a bigger room, but just in case...

 

Thanks,

lauren

 

lauren Ornelas

Founder/Director

Food Empowerment Project

www.foodispower.org

 

 

Sage, Mike

Monday, April 14, 2008 9:26 AM

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Cc: 'isage'

Peter Singer at Stanford Wed. April 23, 7 PM

 

Mark your calendars for this!

 

Wednesday, April 23, 7:00 PM:

Peter Singer speaks on " All Animals Are Equal - But in What Sense of

Equality? " Free and open to the public. In Dinkelspiel Auditorium,

Stanford University. Map:

http://campus-map.stanford.edu/index.cfm?ID=02-200

 

Singer is the author of " Animal Liberation " , a book sometimes credited

with starting the modern animal rights movement. In it, he argued that

" all animals are equal. " The claim is often misunderstood, and

sometimes used to caricature the animal movement. In this lecture

Singer will explain what he means by the claim, why it is something that

we all ought to accept, and what its implications are for our everyday

life.

 

Singer holds a joint appointment at Princeton's University Center for

Human Values and at the University of Melbourne's Centre for Applied

Philosophy and Public Ethics. He is the author of numerous books and

articles, including " The Way We Eat: Why Our Food Choices Matter " , 2006.

 

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Peter Singer is one of the best-known contemporary philosophers and a

central figure in animal rights. His classic book Animal Liberation,

first published in 1975, is widely hailed as the catalyst for the modern

animal rights movement. He is also the author of many other books on a

range of subjects related to ethics and responsibility. Singer was an

early inductee into the Animal Rights Hall of Fame, and currently

teaches Bioethics at Princeton University.

 

See also:

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Singer

http://www.princeton.edu/~psinger/

http://events.stanford.edu/events/124/12419/

 

Review of " The Way We Eat: Why Our Food Choices Matter " --

http://www.idausa.org/essays/the_way_we_eat.html

 

Some quotes from " Animal Liberation " --

http://www.ecobooks.com/books/animalib.htm