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Chapter 22 Self Quiz
Famine, Affluence, and Morality, Peter Singer
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What does Singer believe those who live in relatively affluent countries have a duty to sacrifice to protect people in poor countries from preventable evils?
one-tenth of their incomes
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as much as they can afford without radically altering their lifestyles
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as much as they can afford without sacrificing something of comparable moral worth to what the poor are lacking
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as much as it would take to eradicate the evils if everyone else in that economic situation gave an equal amount
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According to Singer, the fact that many other people are in a position to donate to famine relief makes
both a psychological difference and a difference to our moral obligations.
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a psychological difference but no difference to our moral obligations.
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no psychological difference but a difference to our moral obligations.
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neither a psychological difference nor a difference to our moral obligations.
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What does Singer say in response to the objection that his position requires too drastic a revision of our current moral values?
The implications of the view are not as radical as they initially seem.
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However radical, the conclusion should stand until its premises are rejected or the argument is shown to be unsound.
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Moral values must change with the times, and a time of such extreme global inequality as ours requires a dramatic response.
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Our current moral values are rooted in indefensible religious doctrines and therefore ought to be drastically altered.
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Some writers cited by Singer have feared that promoting radically demanding moral standards will
lead to a general breakdown in morality.
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lead people to sacrifice more than is good for them.
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lead to widespread, paralyzing guilt.
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undermine our tolerance of cultures with moral standards different from our own.
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What does Singer think about the view that overpopulation will lead to mass starvation in the future?
There is no good evidence to support it.
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It mitigates our obligation to do what we can to prevent famine now.
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If we accept it, our duty to prevent famine should lead us to support organizations working for population control.
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Because it is too difficult to predict, the future is not relevant to our moral considerations in the present.
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Singer believes that our duties to those who live on the other side of the world are lesser than our duties to our neighbors.
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Singer believes that my duty to do something about an evil that I alone can prevent is greater than my duty to do something about an evil that millions of others are in a position to alleviate.
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Singer’s proposal would require a dramatic alteration of the way we think about moral issues.
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Singer believes that we should be working full time to relieve the great suffering common in many parts of the world.
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Singer’s stated task in this article is the proper description of how folks actually make moral judgments, not a revision of their beliefs and practices.
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Singer considers the moderate version of his position to be more reasonable than the strong version.
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