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Famine, affluence, and morality / Peter Singer.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Singer, Peter, 1946- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Humanitarianism.
- Famines--Moral and ethical aspects.
- Famines.
- Poverty--Moral and ethical aspects.
- Poverty.
- Suffering--Moral and ethical aspects.
- Suffering.
- Wealth--Moral and ethical aspects.
- Wealth.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (119 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford, [England] : Oxford University Press, 2016.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 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. 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. 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. If we can help, we must--and any excuse is hypocrisy. Singer's extreme stand on our
- Contents:
- COVER; FAMINE, AFFLUENCE, AND MORALITY; COPYRIGHT; CONTENTS; FOREWORD; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; FAMINE, AFFLUENCE, AND MORALITY; THE SINGER SOLUTION TO WORLD POVERTY; WHAT SHOULD A BILLIONAIRE GIVE-AND WHAT SHOULD YOU?
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-021922-X
- 0-19-021921-1
- OCLC:
- 920167130
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