Singer

Question 1

assumptions

Answer 1

1) Proximity is not morally significant

2) I should take into account how costly it is to rescue someone

Question 2

general thesis/assumptions

Answer 2

1) Suffering from lack of food, shelter, or healthcare services is bad
2) If I can prevent something bad from happening without sacrificing something of comparable moral importance, then I should.
3) I can alleviate this poverty caused suffering, without sacrificing something of comparable moral significance
4) Thus, I ought to contribute as much as I can to the eradication of poverty, until doing so harms me more than it benefits them

Question 3

major objections

Answer 3

• Proximity matters
• No motivation to excel
• psychological burden of giving up everything
• we havea right to our property and how to determine its use