Peter Singer Argument Essay

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Poverty is a huge problem worldwide, especially among innocent children who have no control over their situation. Australian philosopher Peter Singer, professor of bioethics in the University Center for Human Values at Princeton University, and a professor in the Center for Applied Philosophy and Public Ethics at the University of Melbourne in Australia, gives a stunning argument in his essay The Singer Solution the World Poverty. In his essay he is in favor of Americans donating more money to organizations that help children suffering from poverty. He argues that all luxury items should be sacrificed to save human life. If you are living a luxurious life while others suffer, then you are failing to live a morally decent life. He also states that buying luxury items with money that could have been donated to charity to help save the lives of children, is just as bad as taking a child and selling it to organ peddlers. I agree with Peter Singer that all luxury items should be sacrificed to save human life, because there would be less poverty, it is morally the right thing to do, and luxury items are not important for a happy life. The first reason I agree with Singer is because if we did everything he encourages us to do, there would be a decrease in poverty. The lives of many children would be saved. In his essay Peter Singer states that “$200 in donations would help a sickly two-year-old transform into a healthy six-year-old, offering safe passage through childhood’s most dangerous years” (Singer 875). So, given this information, how could you not donate money to help out poverty stricken children? $200 isn’t that much money. If you consider some of the things that you spend your money on monthly, that you don’t really need, it would probably add up to more than $200. In his essay Singer also explains that the average American household spends around $30,000 a
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