2006 WhatShouldaBillionaireGiveandWh
- (Singer, 2006) ⇒ Peter Singer. (2006). “What Should a Billionaire Give -- and What Should You?.” In: New York Times, Dec. 17.
Subject Headings: Helping the Vulnerable.
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What is a human life worth? You may not want to put a price tag on a it. But if we really had to, most of us would agree that the value of a human life would be in the millions. Consistent with the foundations of our democracy and our frequently professed belief in the inherent dignity of human beings, we would also agree that all humans are created equal, at least to the extent of denying that differences of sex, ethnicity, nationality and place of residence change the value of a human life.
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... In an article I wrote more than three decades ago (Singer, 1997), at the time of a humanitarian emergency in what is now Bangladesh, I used the example of walking by a shallow pond and seeing a small child who has fallen in and appears to be in danger of drowning. Even though we did nothing to cause the child to fall into the pond, almost everyone agrees that if we can save the child at minimal inconvenience or trouble to ourselves, we ought to do so. Anything else would be callous, indecent and, in a word, wrong. The fact that in rescuing the child we may, for example, ruin a new pair of shoes is not a good reason for allowing the child to drown. Similarly if for the cost of a pair of shoes we can contribute to a health program in a developing country that stands a good chance of saving the life of a child, we ought to do so.
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| Author | volume | Date Value | title | type | journal | titleUrl | doi | note | year | |
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| 2006 WhatShouldaBillionaireGiveandWh | Peter A. D. Singer (1946-) | What Should a Billionaire Give--and What Should You? | 2006 |