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Peter Singer on affluence and obligation

Peter Singer argues that if you can prevent serious suffering at minimal cost to yourself, you morally must do so—and that affluence in a world of preventable death means nearly all discretionary spending is morally indefensible. His logic is nearly airtight; nearly everyone who reads him carefully rejects the conclusion anyway and must grapple with why.

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