In his article "The Singer Solution to Poverty," Peter Singer argues that people in more developed countries economically, America in particular, spend too much money on luxuries and could save lives around the world by donating money to charity. He bases his argument on two hypothetical analogies, one involving a man's decision to save his million dollar car instead of an unknown child from a train. After this anecdote he says that we too have the opportunity to save the lives of children if we would donate to charities.
Singer bases his arguments on many challengeable assumptions. One of these assumptions is that money spent on luxuries, like televisions, just appears out of nowhere and disappears into the ether once spent. This, of course, is not true. If all well-to-do people were to donate any extra money they had to charity organizations, and not even be able to see the result of their effort, the urge to work hard would disappear. In a sense Singer is suggesting that......

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Title: Sing On Mr. Singer
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