Peter Singer: Parents should be able to choose to euthanise disabled children
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- Опубліковано 5 лют 2025
- “We should end lives where there is no prospect of them improving.”
The philosopher Peter Singer talks to Hugo Rifkind about the right to end a life. As he publishes Animal Liberation Now, an update on his original 1975 work on the animal rights movement, the long-time vegetarian explains how it’s possible to eat meat ethically.
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As someone who had a severely disabled child I knew at the age of 2 she was going to die. She ended up passing away at the age of 9. I saw her give up and chose herself to die when she gave up fighting. Certainly was a release for her.
Must have been tough, hope you found peace
The depravity of some intellectuals is positively depressing.
What are you referring to?
Peter Singer's opinion is morally unacceptable: wicked. I'm a mother to 4 daughters and 2 adopted, one of whom is disabled, but she has a right to be cared for and a right to life. I hope this dreadful suggestion is never made law, or I will leave the country. What Peter Singer spoke about is absolutely sickening, and he has made me very angry. 😒
I agree. Death can be a blessing to some - regardless of age. In some cases/circumstances, death is the more humane option.
The kid should have the right to choose ... not someone else ... surely
See you in Nuremberg
@@MrSimonw58 but he is talking about those who cannot, and never will be able to make that choice.
In Canada, the trial of Robert Latimer, really brought these ideas and moral considerations to public discourse.
I was thinking about him when I saw the title of this video. It certainly is a dilemma. If you a parent, love and want the best for your child, what do you do? Your child is so disabled that they are constantly in pain, or can not live comfortably and are genuinely suffering each and every day. Robert did what he thought was right for his child, and paid the price with the law! So how do we make the right decision in a human way? Without being clouded by religion or laws !
@@mileshigh1321 it's hard to see the case in a moral or ethical context given the jury nullification and the about turn of the Court of Appeal. A case in which everyone, including the crown, lost.
Ashes of civilisation.
Old people should also have a right to pass away peacefully.
the difference is about chosing. a baby does not chose death, like an old person can. so it's two completely different issues.
Start with this monster
@IvorMektin1701 monster? I'm old. I face living to late 90s or 100s. I've watched my two generations live 20+ years nit being able to walk, wearing diapers, and being frozen in the fetal position before they pass away. My mother is 97. Doc says she can easily live 5 or more years. She can't feed herself because tendons are freezing up. It's cruelty. But there's no way out.
@@Nabium If this issue is about "choosing", then have you considered that a baby does not choose to be created in the first place? So if a parent has just received the news that their newborn baby will live a life of constant incurable suffering, their two options are to either force the child into this life of suffering, or prevent the life of suffering from happening. Which one is the more compassionate choice?
And is euthanising non-human animals who are suffering also cruel because they don't have a choice?
I clicked on this because of the one clickbait opinion of his that I disagree with, then found myself agreeing with pretty much everything else he said.
To może od razu zalegalizujmy morderstwo? Niech każdy zabija każdego jeśli tylko ma ochotę, jak szaleć to szaleć, prawda?
absolutely not. whilst i believe in euthanasia for self i don't think we should make the decision for other people
One sick individual. We are on a dangerous and evil path if people like this guy get their way. Maybe all old people over 70 should be liquidated as well as they are of little use to society? This will be the next stage.
Yeah .... the kids should have the right to choose if the parent is too old, get rid of the old fackr
Peter Singer is 76. He probably won't agree.
@@MrSimonw58😂😂😂
It'd certainly save a lot of old folk "accidentally" falling over the side of Cruise Shops , stepping in front of trains / trucks & other desperate measures because they've no access to a dignified and accepting death with loved ones around them.
@@christianlitsch1320 taking your own life in any way lacks dignity. Personally, I have never heard of people doing the things you refer to, other than those poor souls suffering crippling mental health issues. Should they be allowed assisted suicide too?
These are children that God brought into the world, only God can take away.
God's got nothing to do with it. The whole concept of euthanasia is based on compassion not ideological nonsense. When it's my turn to leave this planet , it will be my choice or those nearest me and I'll be happy enough knowing I'll be contributing to planetary carbon recycling. Having worked in area's where individuals are oblivious to what is occuring around them , the kindest thing to do for them and their carers is to let them pass away. If this needs painless & dignified assistance so be it.
If you believe that, then you must also believe that your god wants a child to suffer horribly. Nice deity you're following...
Genuine compassion supports Peter Singer's stance on severely disabled children. Quality of life is an objective consideration. Anthropocentrism and the sanctification of life (typically emanating from belief in a creator god) inflicts infinite suffering yet the bulk of society perversely accepts this suffering.
The face of Boomer evil
The face of ideological believers in imaginary friends.
If you can defend the euthanasia of children - you can defend the use of animals as food if you are talking about pain as a factor....surely?
Eat less meat and cows milk and save an animal😂
This is certainly a case where facts, figures and philosophy hit a brick wall against humanity. Incidentally (or perhaps not so incidental), this is a practice that is a norm presently with humans...often human life is terminated when it is decided that recovery is unlikely.
Maybe early pregnancy, but not when the kid is 4 or 5 years old .... what you do then is set the house on fire with the kids in it and call it an accident
Discussing your child is your child whether disabled or not , no way would we have ever had our child euthanised.
One would have thought the interviewer would have done a better job challenging him, disappointing
I support this
The Nazis did, too... "Vernichtung lebensunwerten Lebens" = destruction of lives not worth living. How do you feel about your moral bedfellows?
But don't you dare have an abortion
That's evil 😈😢
Another one playing God.
in referencing god, you are referring to the most prolific abortifacient of all given up to 20% of all pregnancies (aka the conception of "babies" as defined by the religious) spontaneously abort / die. So a killer god without compassion is a monster.
do not play god period
in referencing god, you are referring to the most prolific abortifacient of all given up to 20% of all pregnancies (aka the conception of "babies" as defined by the religious) spontaneously abort / die. So a killer god without compassion is a monster.
Possibility *to does not sound intellectual
I do not agree. That suggestion is call a crime . Where thas disability begins and where thas it ends ? Where is the right of that child 😢 ?
Where is the right of the child not to suffer pointlessly and for all of its life? We exercise compassion for sick animals yet demand that all human suffering must end naturally, even if agonisingly for them and for all who care for them. Morally twisted.
*If we can have "TORY"* designated as a disability - then I'm all for it
Actually promoting the killing of your political opponents? And yet the left still claim to hold some sort of moral high ground. You are repulsive.
Jesus Christ
Killed by God?