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The life you can save : how to do your part to end world poverty

The life you can save : how to do your part to end world poverty
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ISBN 9781733672726
Name Singer, Peter author.
Title The life you can save : how to do your part to end world poverty
Edition 10th anniversary ed.
Description xxi, 287 pages ; 21 cm.
Note Includes index and bibliographical resources.
Contents Foreword : "I'd never looked at it that way before" / Michael Schur -- The Argument : -- 1. Saving a child -- 2. Is it wrong not to help? -- 3. Common objections to giving -- Human Nature : -- 4. Why don't we give more? -- 5. Creating a culture of giving -- The Facts about Aid : -- 6. How much does it cost to save a life, and how can you tell which charities do it best? -- 7. Improving aid -- A New Standard for Giving : -- 8. Your child and the children of others -- 9. Asking too much? -- 10. A realistic Standard -- What one person can do -- Afterword : From contemplation to action / Charlie Bresler -- Appendix : The giving scale.
Summary In this Tenth Anniversary Edition of The Life You Can Save, Peter Singer brings his landmark book up to date. In addition to restating his compelling arguments about how we should respond to extreme poverty, he examines the progress we are making and recounts how the first edition transformed the lives both of readers and the people they helped. Learn how you can be part of the solution, doing good for others while adding fulfillment to your own life.
Subjects Charity
Humanitarianism
Charity
Economic assistance
Humanitarianism
Poverty
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