Peter Singer: "no sharp distinction between the foetus and the newborn baby"

Princeton professor Peter Singer answers a variety of questions from readers of the Independent including this -

Would you kill a disabled baby? KAREN MEADE, Dublin

Yes, if that was in the best interests of the baby and of the family as a whole. Many people find this shocking, yet they support a woman's right to have an abortion. One point on which I agree with opponents of abortion is that, from the point of view of ethics rather than the law, there is no sharp distinction between the foetus and the newborn baby.

You might also like to know that Singer views most zoos as being immoral, thinks that we shouldn't protect animals from other animals even though he thinks human shouldn't kill those animals, and believes in one moral absolute.