⭐⭐⭐⭐ The Life You Can Save by Singer

Full Title	The Life You Can Save: Acting Now to End World Poverty
Authors	Peter Singer
Year Published	2009
Date Read	December 24, 2018
Rating	4/5 stars

Nice and short appeal to why you should probably be giving more of your income to saving lives. I found many of the propositions to be difficult to reject (which is a good thing). However, in cases where I did disagree, I noticed that Singer’s tone regarding those disagreeing with him is far too dismissive. To me, the value in the book lies in its ability to force you to think about at what price you actually value a life that is close to you (friend/family) vs. one far away (stranger in foreign country), and a milder tone might make such introspection easier.

I would recommend reading the book because it’s such an efficient read: for how short it is, the book caused me to stop and think about where I personally stand on the ideas expressed a disproportionate amount of times.

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