Famine, Affluence, and Morality - Bill and Melinda Gates, Peter Singer
Famine, Affluence, and Morality - Bill and Melinda Gates, Peter Singer In 1972, the young philosopher Peter Singer published "Famine, Affluence and Morality," which rapidly became one of the most…
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Famine, Affluence, and Morality - Bill and Melinda Gates, Peter Singer
In 1972, the young philosopher Peter Singer published "Famine, Affluence and Morality," which rapidly became one of the most widely discussed essays in applied ethics. He argued that choosing not to send life-saving money to starving people on the other side of the earth is the moral equivalent of neglecting to save drowning children because we prefer not to muddy our shoes. Through this article, Singer presents his view that we have the same moral obligations to those far away as we do to those close to us.
Singer's extreme stand on our moral obligations to others became a powerful call to arms and continues to challenge people's attitudes towards extreme poverty. If we can help, we must--and any excuse is hypocrisy. Today, it remains a central touchstone for those who argue we should all help others more than we do.As Bill and Melinda Gates observe in their foreword, in the age
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