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Comment by MrGLaDOS

Ethical philosopher Peter Singer presents and expands on the following argument in his book:[1]

"First Premise: Suffering and death from lack of food, shelter and medical care are bad.

Second Premise: If it is in your power to prevent something bad from happening, without sacrificing anything nearly as important, it is wrong not to do so.

Third Premise: By donating to aid agencies, you can prevent suffering and death from lack of food, shelter and medical care, without sacrificing anything nearly as important.

Conclusion: Therefore, if you do not donate to aid agencies, you are doing something wrong."

[1] https://www.thelifeyoucansave.org/the-book/

They bought back the publishing rights, so it is freely downloadable.

parent MrGLaDOS 6 years ago

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