The Key Premise in Peter Singer's Argument for Aiding the World's

question 6

Multiple Choice

The key premise in Peter Singer's argument for aiding the world's needy is:

• A)"[I]f it is in our power to equally distribute goods throughout the world to all persons,we ought,morally,to do it."
• B)"We-the well-to-do-have no right at all to the goods we possess;we acquired them mostly through accidents of birth and geography."
• C)"Giving food and shelter to the poor would only make their plight worse."
• D)"I f it is in our power to prevent something bad from happening,without thereby sacrificing anything of comparable moral importance,we ought,morally,to do it."

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