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An updated argument for taking animal suffering seriously, examining farming, research, food choices and their wider consequences.
Author · 2019
The Life You Can Save
How to Do Your Part to End World Poverty
An argument for responding to extreme poverty through effective giving, with practical ways to turn concern into action.
By Peter Singer.
- Publisher
- The Life You Can Save.org
- First published
- 2009
- Pages
- 312
- Language
- English
- Edition
- 10th anniversary edition, 2019
- ISBN
- 9781733672702
- Formats
- Paperback, Ebook, Audiobook
- Subject
- Giving, Profit For Good
About the book
The Life You Can Save asks what people with resources to spare owe to those living in extreme poverty. Singer connects a familiar willingness to rescue someone nearby with the possibility of helping people at a distance through effective organisations.
The tenth-anniversary edition updates the argument and its examples, considering progress, obstacles and the impact of giving. It is available through the organisation of the same name as a free ebook and audiobook, alongside print editions.
Key ideas
- Moral responsibility across distance
- Comparing the impact of charitable giving
- Turning ethical commitments into practical action
Reviews & responses
“A persuasive and inspiring work that will change the way you think about philanthropy”
Bill Gates and Melinda French Gates — quoted by The Life You Can Save
About this edition
The publication details above refer to the 2019 edition identified by ISBN 9781733672702. The work was first published in 2009. Other editions may have different page counts, formats and ISBNs.
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