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Peter Singer on How to Reduce Suffering

The Good Fight

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Expanding Moral Obligations Beyond Proximity

This chapter explores the ethical responsibility individuals have to assist strangers in need, beyond personal ties and geographic boundaries. Using the analogy of rescuing a child from a pond, it emphasizes that affluence obligates us to help those in extreme poverty, highlighting our shared moral obligations across cultures.

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