
The fool says in his heart, “There is no God”
(Ps. 14:1)
The Survival Lottery
John Harris tries to defend the idea of using an advanced computer that chooses people at random for doctors to kill, so the doctors can use those organs to save other lives (1975, p. 261). To many, a “survival lottery” will sound Orwellian, almost like a world with artificial intelligence gone terribly wrong. But, to…
Peter Singer: Luxury is Murder
A train is rolling down a set of tracks, and it is on its way to hit an innocent little girl. For some reason (a very odd reason, indeed), Bob’s Bugatti is on another set of tracks, and Bob alone has the power to use the switch to divert the train away from the child…
Singer’s “Solution to Poverty” Misses the Mark
Singer has a noble intention, but without realizing that you can sometimes decrease poverty by not donating to poverty charities, his “solution” to poverty just misses the mark.