Peter Singer: Appropriate Moral Obligation

Exegetical
Peter Singer states that citizens of affluent nations are behaving immorally with the way they react to moral issues like helping those in need and our moral conceptual scheme needs to change. To do so, we need to be morally obligated to prevent bad things from happening if it does not require sacrificing something of comparable moral significance. His argument includes this principle where proximity or distance should not be taken into account when deciding whether to prevent something bad from happening. We should not discriminate against helping someone in getting out of a bad situation merely because they are far away from us. His justification for this is that the world is developing to become a global village and directing
I do not agree that his argument stands because it includes the principle that we should take no account of proximity or distance before we decide whether to provide aid to others and prevent something bad from happening. Although with a “global village”, our moral situation may be different as aid can now be more effectively distributed over distance, it does not mean that we are morally obligated to prevent bad things from happening without taking into account distance and proximity. This is because, there are factors caused by distance that may unintentionally cause us to sacrifice something of comparable moral importance when we try to prevent bad things that are far away from us from
If we do not do everything in our power to help just because we think that our minimalized efforts meant that our moral obligations are lessened, this could lead to a world where no aid is being given at all to those who are suffering and far away from us. Also, with instant communication and a globalized network today, it is not difficult to source for credibility reports and for information on legal environments in the NGO’s country. Furthermore, in recent years, there are organizations like The Life You Can Save that promotes effective giving through the provision of a list of credible charities that effectively combat undesirable situations like poverty. The organization also includes a tool that allows potential donors to calculate the impact they are making on a person’s life based on the amount they donate. It is thus, not difficult to make well-informed decisions before deciding whether to help someone far