The world's most influential moral philosopher, @PeterSinger, on why Google was wrong to fire Damore.
http://www.nydailynews.com/amp/opinion/google-wrong-article-1.3399750 …
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Replying to @primalpoly @PeterSinger
Peter Singer, the world's most influential moral philosopher? *giggle* I'm beginning to take your self-description more seriously: "Most
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Replying to @j_esq_a @PeterSinger
Name a more influential living moral philosopher then.
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Replying to @primalpoly @PeterSinger
The term "moral philosophers" is generally reserved for religious philosophers. Most refer to them as ethicists now. Many are at top uni's.
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Replying to @j_esq_a @PeterSinger
Have any of them launched two big moral movements (animal welfare, Effective Altruism) & reduced suffering of billions of sentient beings?
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Replying to @primalpoly @PeterSinger
I'm so confused. Do you honestly believe he started the Animal Welfare movement? This is why scientists should learn a little abt humanities
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Replying to @j_esq_a @PeterSinger
Do you honestly believe that you'll convince people by acting patronizing, belligerent, and tendentious? Good luck with that.
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Replying to @primalpoly @PeterSinger
Hey Geoffrey any good philosopher would tell you you've committed an appeal to authority with this thread, Singer included.
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I'm not appealing to authority. I'm explaining who Singer is for people who may not have heard of him. Obviously.
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