Wednesday, April 21, 2010

Peter Singer on Ethics

http://www.abc.net.au/local/stories/2010/04/21/2878921.htm

Peter Singer on being good without god:

“I would say one of the keys is putting yourself in the position of others and seeing how you would feel if this were done to you," he continues, "of course, that is something that is in The Bible but that's just an example of the fact that the Judeo-Christian scriptures, like other traditions, have come up with things that are pretty basic.

"whether you're religious or not... you still have to have a coherent intellectual position on what's right or wrong and you can't just take it by reading the scriptures or direct revelation of what God wants."”

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