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Preface by Peter Singer

The Life You Can Save by Peter Singer (Audiobook)

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Introduction

Wesley Ortree pushed the man down into a drainage trench between the rails, covering him with his own body. Do you have a bottle of water or a can of soda on the table beside you as you read this book? If you are paying for something to drink when safe drinking water comes out of the tap, you have money to spend on things you don't really need. Over 700 million people struggle to live each day unless you paid for that drink. Because they can't afford even the most basic health care for their families, their children may die from simple, easily treatable diseases like diarrhea. You can help them, and you don't have to risk getting hit by an on

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