10th Anniversary Edition The Life You Can Save: How To Do Your Part To End World Poverty

by Singer

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781733672702
Publisher:	Www.Thelifeyoucansave.Org
Publication date:	12/01/2019
Pages:	312
Sales rank:	1,130,278
Product dimensions:	4.90(w) x 7.90(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

Peter Singer first became well-known internationally after the publication of Animal Liberation in 1975. In 2011 Time included Animal Liberation on its "All-TIME" list of the 100 best nonfiction books published in English since the magazine began, in 1923. Singer has written, co-authored, edited or co-edited more than 50 books, including Practical Ethics; The Expanding Circle; Rethinking Life and Death; Ethics into Action; The Life You Can Save; The Most Good You Can Do; and, with Katarzyna de Lazari-Radek, The Point of View of the Universe. His works have appeared in more than 25 languages. Peter Singer was born in Melbourne, Australia, in 1946, and educated at the University of Melbourne and the University of Oxford. After teaching in England, the United States and Australia, in 1999 he became Ira W. DeCamp Professor of Bioethics in the University Center for Human Values at Princeton University. Since 2005 he has combined his Princeton appointment with the position of Laureate Professor at the University of Melbourne, in the School of Historical and Philosophical Studies. He is married, with three daughters and four grandchildren. His recreations include hiking and surfing. In 2012 he was made a Companion of the Order of Australia, the nation's highest civic honour.

Table of Contents

Foreword: "I'd never looked at it that way before."

Michael Schur, Creator of The Good Place xiii

Preface xvii

The Argument

1 Saving a Child 3

2 Is It Wrong Not to Help? 17

3 Common Objections to Giving 27

Human Nature

4 Why Don't We Give More? 63

5 Creating a Culture of Giving 81

The Facts About Aid

6 How Much Does It Cost to Save a Life, and How Can

You Tell Which Charities Do It Best? 113

7 Improving Aid 137

A New Standard for Giving

8 Your Child and the Children of Others 171

9 Asking Too Much? 184

10 A Realistic Standard 198

What One Person Can Do 213

Afterword: From Contemplation to Action. Charlie Bresler, Executive Director of The Life You Can Save 215

Appendix: The Giving Scale 218

Acknowledgments 223

Notes 226

Index 276

Interviews

‘Part rational argument, part stinging manifesto, part handbook.’ -The New York Times

Editorial Reviews

'A persuasive and inspiring work that will change the way you think about philanthrophy . . . and shows us we can make a profound difference in the lives of the world's poorest.'

Bill & Melinda Gates

'Mr Singer is a compelling moral voice seeking far more compassion for those who have the least.'

The Wall Street Journal

'Part rational argument, part stinging manifesto, part handbook.'

The New York Times

From the Publisher

‘A persuasive and inspiring work that will change the way you think about philanthrophy . . . and shows us we can make a profound difference in the lives of the world’s poorest.’

Bill & Melinda Gates

‘Mr. Singer is a compelling moral voice seeking far more compassion for those who have the least.’

The Wall Street Journal