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Peter Singer Solution

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The article, “The Singer Solution to World Poverty,” by Peter Singer provides the argument that people are quick to condemn others about things that seem evil or monstrous without themselves knowing that they indirectly do the same. Going out to eat at nice restaurants, buying brand name clothes because everything else isn’t in “style”, buying a new phone year even though the old one was working just fine. So much of our income is spent on meaningless, or not essential to the preservation of our lives and our health. The nuclear family in the United States spends about one-third of their income irresponsibly by purchasing items that are not necessary to them. I agree with this claim because it proves that us as human beings are ignorant of…show more content…
A selfish, cold hearted, un-loving, monster that doesn’t think of others. If word got out, she probably would be slandered and not liked in the community. In the end of the movie she ends up saving the kid and she refrains from being acknowledged by the audience as a fiend.
He continues the argument by discussing about how family’s in the United States spends almost a third of its income on things that are unnecessary for our current circumstances and that are no more necessary to them than Dora's new television was to her. Getting out of the house and going out to nice restaurants, buying new clothes because the old ones are no longer in style, vacationing at resorts in the Caribbean. So much of our income is spent on things not essential to the preservation of our lives and health. Donated to one of many charitable agencies, that money could mean the difference between life and death for children in need. If everyone in America donated ten dollars off their annual salary, we could have donated 3.25 million to charities across the world. We could be helping feed millions around the world.
Specifically, Singer makes his main argument by provides the argument that people are quick to magistrate others about things that seem evil or monstrous without
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