Summary Of Famine, Affluence And Morality By Peter Singer

A moral compass is akin to that of an opinion, in that everyone has their own, and there is an extremely high probability that they are not all the same. In his famous article, “Famine, Affluence, and Morality”, Peter Singer examines this concept in relation to what society believes that they are morally obligated to do, versus what may be morally-correct, but not necessarily mandatory. Singer places a particular focus on the affluent population and what he believes to be their duty to donate as much as possible to charities and relief organizations. Although his intentions are admirable, I believe that Singer’s views may sound good on paper, but are not plausible in the real world for three key reasons, including the extenuating factors
affecting developing countries aside from lack of money, the concept of what it means to have a life worth living, and the fact that we do not live in a morally-correct world to begin with.