The Life You Can Save by Peter Singer

Even a modest life in a wealthy, relatively stable country like America can provide a level of comfort greater than that of King Louis XIV in his palace at Versailles. The most common commodity thatLife in a wealthy country can provide you is also the most insidious, complacency. It is easy, even for a person of average income, to take the basic comforts of life for granted,. and for the wealthy, it is absurdly commonplace to do so.