DD - The Life You Can Save Acting Now To End World Poverty, Singer Peter

DD - The Life You Can Save Acting Now To End World Poverty, Singer Peter

Cover Type: Softcover
Book Condition: Fine
Jacket Condition: None Issued
Publisher: Text Publishing
Publisher Place: Melbourne
Publisher Year: 2009
Edition: Reprint

Description: 221 pages. Book appears to have hardly been read and is in Fine condition throughout. Peter Points Out That Most Of Us Are Willing To Save A Drowning Child Without Hesitating, Yet We Spend Money On Things We Take For Granted When Thousands Of Children Die Each Day Without The Bare Necessities.

Publishers Description: Using ethical arguments, provocative thought experiments, illuminating examples, and case studies of charitable giving, philosopher Peter Singer shows 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 personal philanthropy (figuring how much to give and how best to give it), local activism (spreading the word in your community), and political awareness (contacting your representatives to ensure that your nation's foreign aid is really directed to the world's poorest people). In The Life You Can Save, Singer makes the irrefutable argument that giving will make a huge difference in the lives of others without diminishing the quality of our own. This book is an urgent call to action and a hopeful primer on the power of compassion, when mixed with rigorous investigation and careful reasoning, to lift others out of despair.