Analysis Of Exploring Ethics By Peter Singer

I would agree that, “If you can prevent something bad from happening at a comparatively small cost to yourself, you are obligated to do so.” Peter Singer is a philosopher who believes that we have an obligation to help those in need. I agree with his statement from the book Exploring Ethics that, “It is not beyond capacity of the richer nations to give enough assistance to reduce any further suffering to very small proportions.”(Singer pg.244 ) He believes that rich nations can help either as individuals or as a group, to prevent those less fortunate from starvation and reduce their misery without sacrificing anything of comparable significance. He describes comparable significance as “without causing anything else comparably bad to happen,