Famine, affluence, and morality / Peter Singer.

By: Singer, Peter, 1946- [author.]Material type: TextTextPublisher: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, [2016]Description: xxxii, 86 pages ; 19 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780190219208; 0190219203Subject(s): Humanitarianism | Famines -- Moral and ethical aspects | Poverty -- Moral and ethical aspects | Suffering -- Moral and ethical aspects | Wealth -- Moral and ethical aspects | Armut | Bekämpfung | EthikDDC classification: 170 LOC classification: BJ1475.3 | .S56 2016
Contents:
Famine, affluence, and morality -- The Singer solution to world poverty -- What should a billionaire give and what should you.
Summary: First published in 1972, Singer's essay 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. In this publication, his essay is accompanied by other pieces on our obligations to others, as well as a new introduction that discusses Singer's current thinking.
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Famine, affluence, and morality -- The Singer solution to world poverty -- What should a billionaire give and what should you.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

First published in 1972, Singer's essay 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. In this publication, his essay is accompanied by other pieces on our obligations to others, as well as a new introduction that discusses Singer's current thinking.

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