The life you can save : acting now to end world poverty
Singer, Peter, 1946-
The life you can save : acting now to end world poverty / Peter Singer - 1st ed - New York : Random House , c2009. - xv, 206 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [177]-198) and index.
Arguing that our current response to world poverty is not only insufficient but ethically indefensible, philosopher Peter Singer 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).
9781400067107
2008036279
Charity.
Humanitarianism.
Economic assistance.
Poverty
HV48 / .S56 2009
362.5 SIN
The life you can save : acting now to end world poverty / Peter Singer - 1st ed - New York : Random House , c2009. - xv, 206 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [177]-198) and index.
Arguing that our current response to world poverty is not only insufficient but ethically indefensible, philosopher Peter Singer 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).
9781400067107
2008036279
Charity.
Humanitarianism.
Economic assistance.
Poverty
HV48 / .S56 2009
362.5 SIN
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