He looks at that premise under many different spotlights. So he argues that if we all agree on this, why do we then buy new shoes and luxury goods that we don’t really need, when putting that money into an aid programme can save a life? He asks how we can accept that millions of children are dying from curable diseases and poverty every year, when in many places we have more than we need. Peter Singer starts with a simple story – if you are walking past a pond and you see a child floundering and it looks likely that the child will drown, despite the fact that your new shoes may be ruined, you will automatically go into the mud to save the child. It’s very nicely set out in terms of having clear arguments and picking up on things that are often said but not thought about. Foreign Policy & International Relations.
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