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Famine, Affluence, and Morality

Hardcover • 2016 • 1. edition

Famine, Affluence, and Morality

By Peter Singer

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About the book

In 1972, 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 argues 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 notto muddy our shoes. If we can...Show more

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9780190219208

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Oxford University Press Inc

Published year

2016

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Famine, Affluence, and Morality

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Hardcover

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