His first choice would be death. Not Dead Yet , a disabilities rights group which is protesting the appointment of the controversial Singer to the University's Center for Human Values. Singer is expected to begin his tenure by reiterating his contention that it is sometimes morally right, and should be legal, to directly and deliberately kill disabled infants, as well as children and adults with severe cognitive disabilities. A.D.D. If Professor Singer's lecture goes as expected, it is very likely that he will be quoting much of his own material. Such words may make us uncomfortable, but they are not that unfamiliar.
Reasonable people can disagree as to when exactly it is that life begins.
Therefore, if killing the hemophiliac infant has no adverse effects on the others, it would, according to the total view, be right to kill him. Coleman thinks that Singer's ideas could erode recent progress in disability law, including the Americans with Disabilities Act . Peter Singer is attempting to establish a philosophical foundation for denying disabled people the equal protection of the law and killing us for his version of the greater good. Not Dead Yet is not the only group protesting Princeton's association with Peter Singer. His ideology reinforces the false notion that many disabled persons lives are less worth living and are inherently inferior to the lives of others.