March 26, 2009

The Ethics of Giving

By Caroline Bermudez

NEW BOOKS

The Life You Can Save
by Peter Singer

In December 2006, Peter Singer, a professor of bioethics at Princeton University, wrote an article for The New York Times Magazine titled "What Should a Billionaire Give — and What Should You?"

This book is an expanded treatment of that article and explores the reasons why people should give and yet do not, why current levels of aid are not enough, and how much

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