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This is the right time to ask yourself: “What should I be doing to help?”For the first time in history, it is now within our reach to eradicate world poverty and the suffering it brings. Yet around the world, a billion people struggle to live each day on less than many of us pay for bottled water. And though the number of deaths attributable to poverty worldwide has fallen dramatically in the past half-century, nearly ten million children still die unnecessarily each year. The people of the developed world face a profound choice: If we are not to turn our backs on a fifth of the world’s population, we must become part of the solution. In __The Life You Can Save__, philosopher Peter Singer, named one of “The 100 Most Influential People in the World” by __Time__ magazine, uses ethical arguments, provocative thought experiments, illuminating examples, and case studies of charitable giving to show that our current response to world poverty is not only insufficient but ethically indefensible.Singer contends that we need to change our views of what is involved in living an ethical life. To help us play our part in bringing about that change, he offers a seven-point plan that mixes person

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Author

Peter Singer

Publisher

Random House Publishing Group

Published

2009

Language

EN

ISBN

9781588367792

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Science, Philosophy, Social Science

Rating

4.05 / 5 (2,139 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14