Re: Re: Re: Birds of a feather

2002-11-21 Thread ken hanly
re infants with disabilities. Cheers, Ken Hanly - Original Message - From: Doyle Saylor [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]I Sent: Tuesday, November 19, 2002 7:55 PM Subject: [PEN-L:32388] Re: Re: Birds of a feather Greetings Economists, Peter Dorman writes, There was an article

Re: Birds of a feather

2002-11-19 Thread Peter Dorman
In his first paragraph, Easterbrook reveals he hasn't read Singer, but rather the people who write about Singer. Given his rather loose standards of intellectual accountability (also revealed in his past writings on environmental issues), his endorsement of this latest book is of little

Re: Re: Birds of a feather

2002-11-19 Thread e. ahmet tonak
How did you conclude that Easterbrook hasn't read Singer? Peter Dorman wrote: In his first paragraph, Easterbrook reveals he hasn't read Singer, but rather the people who write about Singer. Given his rather loose standards of intellectual accountability (also revealed in his past writings

Re: Re: Re: Birds of a feather

2002-11-19 Thread Peter Dorman
Singer doesn't take the positions Easterbrook has attributed to him. You don't have to agree with Singer (I often don't) to appreciate this. There was an article in the Chronicle of Higher Ed about a year ago that was fair-minded, I thought, on Singer and his critics. The man is not a

Re: Birds of a feather

2002-11-19 Thread Waistline2
In a message dated 11/19/02 8:27:15 AM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: (Sooner or later it had to happen. Peter Singer, an "animal rights leftist," who also argues that handicapped children should be killed for their own good, has written a new book promoting globalization in

Re: Re: Birds of a feather

2002-11-19 Thread Doyle Saylor
Greetings Economists, Peter Dorman writes, There was an article in the Chronicle of Higher Ed about a year ago that was fair-minded, I thought, on Singer and his critics. The man is not a monster... Doyle, Writings on an Ethical Life, Peter Singer, Harper Collins books, 2000, page 163, We might