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29 June 2013
Charity or death
Peter Singer's famous essay "Famine, Affluence, and Morality" (PDF here) argues that charity is a moral imperative. He makes a strong case. The quality of philosophical arguments against this demandingness objection are best summarized by SMBC:
I'm reminded of Godwin's The Cold Equations. Uncomfortable feelings aside, math is math. I've read disparaging sneers about utilitarian ethics, but maximizing the number of lives saved seems pretty straightforwardly good.
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