In "Famine, Affluence, and Morality" Peter Singer argues that affluent individuals, in fact, almost all of us are living deeply immoral lives by not contributing to the relief and prevention of famine. The causes of famine are various and include human wrongdoing, but this doesn't matter, according to Singer. What matters is that each of us can minimize the effects of the famines that are now occurring and can take steps to prevent those that …showed first 75 words of 693 total…

…showed last 75 words of 693 total…as our helping does not sacrifice "anything morally significant". But what actually counts as "morally significant"? One person might think that saving his clothes from getting muddy is morally significant, while other might think that being on time, for example, for a job interview (and not saving a child) is morally significant. I think that Singer makes us all think what kind of lives we are living, and re-evaluate our priorities in lives ad well.