In chapter 6, Singer discusses Judith Jarvis Thomson's violinist argument to justify abortion. Explain and discuss the violinist argument and Singer's response to it. Singer has been accused by associations of disabled people of being a threat to their life on the ground that he thinks their lives are not worth living and they should therefore be killed. Explain the difference between prescriptive and descriptive laws, and give examples of three different sorts of prescriptive laws, with a brief characterization of each. Explain Singer's arguments concerning the permissibility of disobedience, civil or otherwise.
Singer presents four different perspectives on environmental ethics or environmental thinking.
Explain the main points of any two of these, as well as Singer's critique of each of them. Describe the main points of Singer's own environmental ethic. Give your response to Singer's arguments. Singer refers to the legitimacy of killing fetuses. Describe and motivate Descartes's Method of Doubt.