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FAMINE, AFFLUENCE, AND MORALITY. by Peter Singer (1972) As I write this, in November 1971, people are dying in East Bengal from lack of food, shelter, and medical care. The suffering and death that are occurring there now are not inevitable, not unavoidable in any fatalistic sense of the term.
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Peter 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 considered normal in Western cultures.
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Peter Singer’s ‘Famine, Affluence, and Morality’ 1 is widely regarded as one of the most important and influential texts in applied ethics. This study guide explains Singer’s central argument, explores possible objections, and clarifies common misunderstandings.
I was writing “Famine, Affluence, and Morality,” I wrote a brief note critical of this view of the subject, published as “Moral Experts,” Analysis, 32 (1972): 115–17. Peter Laslett’s remark is from his introduction to his edited volume, Philosophy, Politics and Society (Oxford: Blackwell, 1956).
The author argues that Singer's famous example of a drowning child can be applied to the issue of climate change, where affluent people can prevent or reduce harm to others by sacrificing some of their comforts. The paper also discusses the role of individual responsibility, collective action, and deontology in climate ethics.
Nov 4, 2015 · 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...
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.
