Famine Affluence and Morality
Please read and answer the study questions at the end of the selection:
“Famine, Affluence, and Morality” by Peter Singer – you can find it online
https://www.utilitarian.net/singer/by/1972—-.htm
Responses to each question should be 1-2 paragraphs in length.
Questions:
1. If you can prevent something bad from happening at a comparatively small cost to yourself, are you obligated to do so?
2. Are you acting immorally by buying a luxury car while others are starving?
3. Are you acting immorally by paying college tuition for your own children while other children have no opportunity for any schooling?
4. Do we have a moral obligation to try to alleviate extreme poverty in your own country before attempting to do so in other countries?