Susan James's Podcast: Playing 'Snap' (2) (update in italics)
Following on from my chat (see previous post) about Susan James talking about herself in a recent podcast, I shall continue to play 'snap' ♥♥♠♠♦♦♣♣! Since today is the Jewish New Year for domesticated animals I thought I'd discuss your point about you teaching Singer and animal ethics at the start of your career. This is also apt because Singer is a Jewish (atheist) philosopher who lost his Austrian Jewish grandparents in the Holocaust. His maternal grandfather was a psychologist who wrote an article together with Freud! Liking Singer's Animal-friendly Ethics for all Sentient Beings - Snap! Singer came up in my first year ethics/politics degree module and I was set an essay on him, which I wrote then submitted 2nd March 2010. In it, I support Singer's ethics and agree with his stance rather than Bernard Williams's criticisms of him. Here's some quick photos of it below: I had no idea until this podcast in 2022 that you have an interest in Singer's argum