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The President of Good and Evil by Peter Singer
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The President of Good and Evil

by Peter Singer

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Scathing indictment of George Bush and the government he leads via a careful dissection of Bush's own words and policies. Singer's compelling and logical examination exposes the truth of the hypocrisy, arrogance and disdain for rule of law which characterises the Bush government. A great book. ( )
  J.v.d.A. | Jan 14, 2008 |
Bulletin: the scruffy, bespectacled “ethicist" and apostle of animal rights and infanticide is . . . a Bush Hater. In The President, Singer disingenuously puts on the air of attempting to be evenhanded while uncritically accepting discredited liberal tropes concerning the War On Terror and other matters--that Joseph Wilson was a disinterested truth teller, that Saddam Hussein had no meaningful ties to terrorists, etc. There is also something distinctly fishy about an admitted radical utilitarian giving such short thrift to the argument that deposing one of the most lethal tyrants of the last fifty years might just represent an advancement of the greater good. A sort of climax in inane analysis is reached when Singer implies that Bush is a Christian heretic (he is really a Manichaean!) for believing that the War On Terror is a battle between good and evil. Singer is a grotesque. His most recent book shows that he is also intellectually dishonest and a bit off his head. ( )
  oakesspalding | Jan 14, 2006 |
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George W. Bush is not only America's president, but also its most prominent moralist.
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The New York Times bestseller book every American should read before voting in the 2004 elections

More than any president in recent memory, George W. Bush invokes the language of good versus evil and right versus wrong. Here, world-renowned Princeton University professor of ethics Peter Singer shines a spotlight on Bush, analyzing whether or not he has lived up to the values he so often touts in his presidential prose. Called "timely and searching," by the Washington Post, this accessible look at the president reveals his pattern of ethical confusion and self-contradiction, and his moral failure on dozens of hot-button issues. Labeled a "generous critic" by the New York Times, Singer advances devastating arguments that make this the book to give to anyone thinking of voting for George W. Bush in November 2004.

"George W. Bush has met his match. This is a chilling and powerful intellectual indictment of an administration desperate to cover up the damage it inflicts." - David Corn, author of The Lies of George W. Bush and Washington editor of The Nation

"Even Bush supporters will have to admit that, in an age of diatribe, this book elevates the level of political discourse. The more American voters who read it, the better." - Robert Wright, author of Nonzero and The Moral Animal

"Mr. Singer's influence extends to the world beyond the ivory tower partly because he writes with such lucidity and quiet passion about genuinely pressing issues." - The Economist

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