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. 1995 Apr;21(2):89–90. doi: 10.1136/jme.21.2.89

Straw men with broken legs: a response to Per Sundström.

P Singer 1
PMCID: PMC1376629  PMID: 7608946

Abstract

Per Sundström has totally misunderstood what I was trying to do when, in the context of my debate with some German opponents of my views, I referred to their views as implying that if we break a leg, we should not try to get it mended. My brief response corrects this misunderstanding.

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  1. Sundström P. Peter Singer and 'lives not worth living'--comments on a flawed argument from analogy. J Med Ethics. 1995 Feb;21(1):35–38. doi: 10.1136/jme.21.1.35. [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]

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