Charles C. Camosy Quote
Peter Singer, as we saw in chapter 2, argues that our views about human infants are largely based on ideas from a Christian era (and its ethic of the sanctity of human life) that are now well beyond their sell-by date. Indeed, it wasn’t until Christianity came to power that the West came to see anything wrong with infanticide.
Charles C. Camosy
Peter Singer, as we saw in chapter 2, argues that our views about human infants are largely based on ideas from a Christian era (and its ethic of the sanctity of human life) that are now well beyond their sell-by date. Indeed, it wasn’t until Christianity came to power that the West came to see anything wrong with infanticide.
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