Time For Another Rant About Singer!

[unspeakablehorror]

Have to say that one reason I don't take Singer seriously or consider him in any way an animal rights activist  even though I think he is sincere in thinking animals should be treated the same way humans should be treated is because he's said some absolutely vile  garbage about what he thinks is acceptable treatment of humans. I'm just 'oh, so you think murdering innocent human beings who don't want to die or horribly exploiting them is okay sometimes?! It's okay if you plug it into some equation and the numbers come out large enough?!' 

I mean, the problem in my opinion is that Singer is a utilitarian. Worst endless-paperclip-producing philosophy ever conceived. Interested far too much in the numbers and not nearly enough in the context in which they matter in the first place.