Killing them, therefore, cannot be equated with killing normal human beings, or any… — Peter Singer
Killing them, therefore, cannot be equated with killing normal human beings, or any other self-conscious beings...No infant-disabled or not-has as strong a claim to life as beings capable of seeing themselves as distinct entities, existing over time.
Practical Ethics · 1979
★ 3.5On killing infants.
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Singer, Peter. Practical Ethics. Cambridge University Press, 1979, ch. 7.