In reading a conversation between Peter Singer and Alex Voorhoeve, I was struck by a central tension in Prof. Singer's explanation of his ethical views. It is this. On the one hand, the Princeton University professor insists that human persons share equal respective value and should be both considered and treated on radically equal terms. On the other hand, he acknowledges that meaningfulness in human relationships stems from considering and treating human persons on fundamentally different terms. How do we reconcile these ideas and senses?
