Peter Singer Famine Analysis
In his article on famine, affluence, and morality, morally Peter Singer states that people who live in rich countries are morally obligated to ease the burden of famine and overpopulation for poorer countries. Singer states that rich countries can alleviate unnecessary suffering and death in poor countries by giving famine relief, and at the cost of a “morally insignificant” lessening of standard of living for the rich country. Singer also notes that this giving of famine relief should not only occur during dire emergency situations, but on a long-term basis, as well. Singer presents his justification for his reasoning in the form of an anecdote: if you were to walk by a pond where a small toddler was drowning it would be morally wrong to not