Singer does not take into account the proximity of how close people in need are He also does not take into account one’s own self interest or comfort. People do not have to be in our society for us to be obligated to help them. The starving child in Africa is just as much as our responsibility as the inner city kids in Richmond.
He states that we ought to give as much as possible even to the point of it causing us and our dependents some suffering. He said to give even to the point of marginal utility. Singer writes of marginal utility as “at which by giving more one would cause oneself and one’s dependents as much suffering as one would prevent in Bengal.” (Giving to refuges from Bengal was an example he gave.)
He started off with assuming
He states that we ought to give as much as possible even to the point of it causing us and our dependents some suffering. He said to give even to the point of marginal utility. Singer writes of marginal utility as “at which by giving more one would cause oneself and one’s dependents as much suffering as one would prevent in Bengal.” (Giving to refuges from Bengal was an example he gave.)
He started off with assuming