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Summary Of Peter Singer's Famine

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Peter Singer’s “Famine, Affluence, and Morality,” lays out a strong argument on why we are morally obligated to help those in need if we can. He first lays down a platform by saying that suffering and dying from starvation is bad, which most reasonable people would agree with. He builds on this by saying that if we can prevent something bad without causing any harm, then we are morally obligated to do it. This argument, much like the first, is one that would be widely accepted since most people wouldn’t want something bad to occur if they can prevent it. Unlike the first two claims, the third is one that can be argued. He makes the claim that the distance between two people should not matter when it comes to helping to one another. The distance

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