The Life You Can Save is a novel published by Peter Singer in 2009. Singer tries to get his readers to consider doing something more to help others. He brings up the question of what obligation do we owe to those in extreme poverty. He has several scenarios laid out each different but mostly having to do with sacrificing something of yours or someone’s life. One scenario he brings up in the beginning is that you’re running late to work and you see a toddler flailing about in the water. Most people would save you would jump in to save the child because a human life is much more important than being late to work or a pair of shoes. Many of us would jump in and save the child, however, thousands of children are dying everyday and yet we spend
