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| Author | Peter Singer |
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| Language | English |
| Subjects | Poverty, Charity (practice), Humanitarianism |
| Publisher | Random House |
Publication date | 2009 (first edition), 2019 (10th anniversary edition) |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (Hardcover) |
| ISBN | 978-1-4000-6710-7 |
| OCLC | 232980306 |
| LC Class | HV48.S56 2009 |
| Preceded by | The Ethics of What We Eat |
| Followed by | The Most Good You Can Do: How Effective Altruism Is Changing Ideas About Living Ethically |
| Website | www |
The Life You Can Save: Acting Now to End World Poverty is a 2009 book by Australian philosopher Peter Singer, in which the author argues that citizens of affluent nations are behaving immorally if they do not act to end the poverty they know to exist in developing nations.
The book is focused on giving to charity, and discusses philosophical considerations, describes practical and psychological obstacles to giving, and lists available resources for prospective donors (e.g. charity evaluators). Singer concludes the book by proposing a minimum ethical standard of giving.[1][page needed]
In December 2019, Singer announced the release of a revised tenth anniversary edition, available as a free eBook or audiobook from the website of The Life You Can Save, an organization founded to advance the book's ideas.[2]
- ^ Singer, Peter (2009). The Life You Can Save: Acting Now to End World Poverty. New York: Random House. ISBN 9781400067107. OCLC 232980306.
- ^ The audiobook is narrated by celebrities including Shabana Azmi, Kristen Bell, Nicholas D'Agosto, Stephen Fry, Paul Simon, and Natalia Vodianova. See: Singer, Peter (December 11, 2019). "The Lives You Saved". Project Syndicate. Archived from the original on 2019-12-13.