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UNINA9910818781503321 |
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Singer Peter <1946-> |
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Famine, affluence, and morality / / Peter Singer |
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Oxford, [England] : , : Oxford University Press, , 2016 |
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©2016 |
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0-19-021922-X |
0-19-021921-1 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (119 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Humanitarianism |
Famines - Moral and ethical aspects |
Poverty - Moral and ethical aspects |
Suffering - Moral and ethical aspects |
Wealth - Moral and ethical aspects |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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COVER; FAMINE, AFFLUENCE, AND MORALITY; COPYRIGHT; CONTENTS; FOREWORD; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; FAMINE, AFFLUENCE, AND MORALITY; THE SINGER SOLUTION TO WORLD POVERTY; WHAT SHOULD A BILLIONAIRE GIVE-AND WHAT SHOULD YOU? |
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In 1972, the young philosopher Peter Singer published ""Famine, Affluence and Morality,"" which rapidly became one of the most widely discussed essays in applied ethics. Through this article, Singer presents his view that we have the same moral obligations to those far away as we do to those close to us. He argued that choosing not to send life-saving money to starving people on the other side of the earth is the moral equivalent of neglecting to save drowning children because we prefer not to muddy our shoes. If we can help, we must--and any excuse is hypocrisy. Singer's extreme stand on our |
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UNINA9910693937003321 |
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Preparing consumers for the end of the digital television transition : hearing before the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet of the Committee on Energy and Commerce, House of Representatives, One Hundred Ninth Congress, first session, March 10, 2005 |
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1 online resource (iii, 51 p.) |
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Digital television - Government policy - United States |
High definition television - Government policy - United States |
Television broadcasting policy - United States |
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