Peter Singer Speaking in San Francisco - May 12, 2006

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Tue, Apr 25, 2006 12:50PM

Peter Singer
Philospher, Professor and Author

Speaking about his latest book (authored with Jim Mason) The Way We Eat: Why Our Food Choices Matter

Friday, May 12, 2006 at 7:30
First Unitarian Universalist Center
1187 Franklin Street (at Geary), San Francisco

Donations: $5.00 at the door
Contact: Dolores Perez Priem 415-387-2287

Peter Singer is a Professor of Bioethics at the University Center for Human Values at Princeton University. He first became internationally known after the publication of Animal Liberation in 1975. His other books include Practical Ethics, How Are We to Live?, Rethinking Life and Death, One World and the President of Good and Evil.

"No other living philosopher has had this kind of influence."
--The New York Times Book Review on Peter Singer

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§The "other"

by Utopia Bold

Sun, Apr 30, 2006 8:38PM

Animals are the ultimate "others" since their bodies are so different than ours.

"Otherness is used as an excuse to exploit the individual, whether animal or human. Just like animals, "other" humans are enslaved, used in medical experiments, killed in war, underpaid —and forced to bear young against their will—just like the anti choicers want to mandate pregnancy for human mothers.

As we treat the animals, we treat each"other"
An injury to one is an injury to all!
None of us is free if one of us is caged!

There will never be global peace as long as humans wage war and cruelty upon the animals. Compassion can not be selective.

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