Famine, Affluence, and Morality
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Famine, Affluence, and Morality
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"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. The essay was inspired by the starvation of Bangladesh Liberation War refugees, and uses their situation as an example, although Singer's argument is general in scope and not limited to the example of Bangladesh. Th
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1971 essay by Peter Singer
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Famine,_Affluence,_and_Morality
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2004-03-25T12:22:11Z
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2024-09-02T14:20:59Z
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