[Buddha-l] Thoughts on action in 2007

[Richard Hayes]

On Thursday 28 December 2006 10:19, jkirk wrote:

> Peter Singer? Pardon my ignorance but who's he and what did he write?
> Joanna

He's an Australian ethicist who has worked in the UK and the USA. He has 
witten on animal rights and other forms of practical ethics. His book 
<cite>The President of Good and Evil</cite> is an entertainingly serious 
analysis of the Bush administration. Oddly enough, Singer tips toward the 
position that the Bush administration is hypocritical and morally bankrupt. 
(Critics of Singer say that exposing moral inconsistencies in George W. Bush 
is like shooting fish in a bare, but my students in reasoning and critical 
thinking liked him, in a tooth-gnashing sort of way.)

-- 
Richard Hayes
Department of Philosophy
University of New Mexico