"Killing a defective infant is not morally equivalent to killing a person. Sometimes it is not wrong at all."

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Source : "Practical Ethics". Book by Peter Singer, 1979.

Peter Singer

#Sometimes Quotes #Killing Quotes #Infant Quotes

“Life is a foreign language; all men mispronounce it.”
“Spirituality is a brave search for the truth about existence, fearlessly peering into the mysterious nature of life.”
“Life itself is the most wonderful fairy tale.”

Source : Hans Henrik Jacobsen, Hans Christian Andersen (1969). “A visit to Funen with Hans Christian Andersen”
“Close scrutiny will show that most 'crisis situations' are opportunities to either advance, or stay where you are.”
“Everybody seems to have given up hope of trying. I haven't. It isn't easy and it isn't supposed to be, but I'm accomplishing something. How many people give up a lot to do something good. I'm sure we would have found a cure for cancer 20 years ago if we had really tried”
“I told myself it was the snowâ€”she couldnâ€™t possibly get to Philadelphia on the roads. I told myself a hundred lies. Children do that. Itâ€™s amazing the sorts of things youâ€™ll make yourself believe.”
“The consumption of alcohol is increasing among youth. Targeting young audiences, advertisers portray beer and wine as joyful, socially desirable, and harmless. Producers are promoting new types of alcoholic beverages as competitors in the huge soft-drink market. Grocery and convenience stores and gas stations stock alcoholic beverages side by side with soda pop. Can Christians who are involved in this commerce be indifferent to the physical and moral effects of the alcohol from which they are making their profits?”
“Sometimes you can have a reputation for not being relatable and nice because you had a bad day once.”

Source : "James Corden Conquers YouTube With 'Carpool Karaoke'". "All Things Considered" with Ari Shapiro, www.npr.org. March 8, 2016.

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