HT to Michael Bird for pointing out this article by Joe Carter on the First Things blog.
What makes Singer not just controversial, but dangerous, is that he is allowed to clear a path for those who will not be so squeamish about following his arguments to their logical conclusions. Singer may now, at the mature age of 65, finally be adopting a view of morality that most of us learned in kindergarten. But other preference utilitarians may not be so flexible—or as hesitant to act on their beliefs. By treating Singer’s irrational, immoral, and psychopathic views as if they were positions held by reasonable people, we are helping to normalize anti-rational ethics.
Bird adds his own observation:
I genuinely wonder if he actually believes this stuff or does he simply like the fame that goes with notoriety. The problem is that he’s the darling of the left-wing intelligentsia and one day, someone, somewhere is gonna try to make his ethical vision a reality. Singer co-wrote the political manifesto for the Australian Greens, a political party with significant power in the Australian Senate. This scares me! Quite frankly, Singer does for the good humanity what Joseph Goebbles did for the Jews.
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