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The Life You Can Save (Hardcover)

By: Peter Singer (Author)

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"Singer is a compelling moral voice seeking far more compassion for those who have the least....[You] want to give more after reading [THE LIFE YOU CAN SAVE]."

"Peter Singer is on a crusade to convince Americans that they can play a vital role in ending world poverty, without undue sacrifice....Like a veteran debater, [he] weighs the reasons why people do not give more, cites examples of noble generosity, and offers a voluntary plan that could raise $510 billion to combat poverty."

"Mr. Singer is far from the world's only serious thinker about poverty, but with THE LIFE YOU CAN SAVE, he becomes, instantly, its most readable and lapel-grabbing one. This book is part rational argument, part stinging manifesto, part handbook."

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This is the right time to ask yourself: "What should I be doing to help?"
For the first time in history, it is now within our reach to eradicate world poverty and the suffering it brings. Yet around the world, a billion people struggle to live each day on less than many of us pay for bottled water. And though the number of deaths attributable to poverty worldwide has fallen dramatically in the past half-century, nearly ten million children still die unnecessarily each year. The people of the developed world face a profound choice: If we are not to turn our backs on a fifth of the world's population, we must become part of the solution.
In "The Life You Can Save," philosopher Peter Singer, named one of "The 100 Most Influential People in the World" by "Time" magazine, uses ethical arguments, provocative thought experiments, illuminating examples, and case studies of charitable giving to show 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 hopefulprimer on the power of compassion, when mixed with rigorous investigation and careful reasoning, to lift others out of despair.

Argues that for the first time in history we're in a position to end extreme poverty throughout the world, both because of our unprecedented wealth and advances in technology, therefore we can no longer consider ourselves good people unless we give more to the poor.

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Peter Singer takes on the ethical responsibility individuals have in reducing world poverty in THE LIFE YOU CAN SAVE. Philosopher Singer has been credited with sparking the animal liberation movement and is known for his controversial stands on abortion, infanticide, and euthanasia. This book is not an abstract treatise on ethics nor is it an antipoverty policy proposal based on economics or on theories of development; rather it outlines a seven-point plan that incorporates how to decide the amount and direction of one's charitable giving, activism, and political awareness that continues Singer's commitment to bring considered ethics into contemporary life.

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