Are You living Uprightly? Keith Burgess-Jackson comments on Peter Singer.
It is tempting to dismiss Singer as a liberal do-gooder, someone who goes around imposing his values on others, a moral preceptor. He would vehemently deny the charge, and rightly so. He is not imposing his values on you; he is imposing your values on you. He is trying to show you that your own principles commit you to changing your behavior and reorienting your life. He is challenging you, in the grand philosophical fashion personified by Socrates, to sort through, reflect on, critically examine, and ultimately live up to, your deepest moral convictions, the convictions that integrate you as a person and give your life meaning.
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