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This 5 page paper is an analysis of the views of Peter Singer and Helga Kuhse who believe that babies who are born with certain handicaps and/or disabilities should be able to be put to death up to 28 days after being born. This is a philosophy paper and refelcts both the opinions of these philosophers as well as opinions of the author of the paper. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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baby who is born with a severe handicap so long as this is done within 28 days of the child being born. Many find such an idea reprehensible and
while Singer does offer some scant support of his theories, he continues to tread in unsacred waters and to offend many. Analysis of Peter Singer and Helga Kuhses Arguments About
Letting Babies Die Philosophers and abortion advocates Peter Singer and Helga Kuhse have argued that "the location of the baby inside or
outside the womb cannot make such a crucial moral difference", meaning that life doesnt necessarily begin precisely at the moment of birth (Bishops Call Us To New Commitment to Life,
2002). Their argument is that the day before a baby is born one cannot say that there is no life and that it can be aborted while the next
day, after the birth, someone would do anything in their power to keep the baby alive (Bishops Call Us To New Commitment to Life, 2002). Specifically, these authors state,
"We cannot coherently hold that it is all right to kill a fetus a week before birth, but as soon as the baby is born everything must be done to
keep it alive" (Christian Answers to Moral Problems, 2002). Furthermore, in their article entitled "Letting Handicapped Babies Die", Singer and
Kuhse propose that it is acceptable to take the life of an infant for up to 28 days after its birth if that baby is handicapped or disabled in certain
ways (Rachels, 1998, See also Protest Notes, 2002). So, clearly these philosophers believe that abiding by any particular date as a moment which life begins or a moment in
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