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Famine, Affluence, And Morality By Peter Singer

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In the essay “Famine, Affluence, and Morality” by Peter Singer, he argues that people who are more than financially stable will not donate as much resources to a less fortunate person where a less fortune person would rather give up half of what they may have to help people in need. His main argument through out this essay is that a person’s decisions are based on their moral values. For example, if a train was coming towards two children, and a person had a chance to save them by hitting a lever that will direct the train into the path of one adult. Therefore, that person is most likely going to pull the lever to hit the adult over the children because they think of the children over the adult, and it has no true impact on themselves. Similarly,
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