In many cases, once that has been established, ending life support is the only sensible option, according to Singer. He cited the case of a young man in Britain who was brain dead following a near asphyxiation. The doctors went to court for permission to remove his feeding tube. The judgement of the court was that his life was of no value to him, and that the feeding tube could be removed. It was a sensible decision, and it was incompatible with the ethic of the sanctity of life.
Singer argues that there are a number of situations in which human life no longer has any value.
In some cases, doctors can decide that the life of a baby with severe birth defects has no value. That is a momentous decision, to say that an infant's prospects are so bad that its life should be ended. I wouldn't want to say that a child with condition A should die and that a child with condition B should live. Singer argues that society is in denial about what is going on every day, and that we need to start a dialogue about the conditions under which we can allow the ending of human life. During question and answer period, Singer was asked whether he feels that there is any value to suffering.