Famine, Affluence, and Morality
Essay by Peter Albert David Singer
"Famine, Affluence, and Morality" is an essay written by Peter Singer in 1971 and published in Philosophy & Public Affairs in 1972. It argues that affluent persons are morally obligated to donate far more resources to humanitarian causes than is... Wikipedia
Originally published: 1972
Author: Peter Albert David Singer
Famine, Affluence, and Morality. Author(s): Peter Singer. Source: Philosophy and Public Affairs, Vol. 1, No. 3 (Spring, 1972), pp. 229-243. Published by ...
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As I write this, in November Ig7I, people are dying in East Bengal from lack of food, shelter, and medical care. The suffering and death.
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This attractively packaged, concise edition collects the original article, two of Singer's more recent popular writings on our obligations to others around the ...
Singer identifies a logical tension in our ordinary moral thought. We tend not to think much about our power to prevent great suffering (and even save lives).
Singer's primary argument in his theory of famine, affluence, and morality is that it is in each person's moral power to prevent harm or evil if they do not ...
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