Famine, Affluence, and Morality

by Peter Singer and Melinda French Gates

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0190219203
• ISBN13: 9780190219208
• Release Date: December 2015
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 120 Pages
• Weight: 0.38 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 4.1" x 7.1"