Life Matters

084: The Attack on Common Sense - Peter Singer Explains

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Progressivism has embraced moral and ethical absurdities as somehow 'true,’ even 'Post-birth' abortion is now seriously being put forward as just law in a number of states.   Few people understand the genesis of this widespread thinking, where it came from, or just how deeply engrained and pervasive it actually is. Because the abortion issue and all of the ‘right to life' debate emanates from the 'battle of ideas,' Brian examines the actual roots of 'progressivism' and the deadly serious, yet oddly infectious ideas of German philosopher Fredreich Hegel. In his own words, Peter Singer, the modern progenitor of the idea of 'post-birth abortion,'  explains WHY modern culture is so susceptible to progressivism and 'progressive- Hegelian' thought. Singer admits it is not scientific, though it pretends to be a 'scientific' examination of history and the history that is to come.  Both he and secular philosopher, Brian Magee underscore that progressivism is, at its heart, a religion. Brian Johnston explains that many