"If it is in our power to prevent something bad..." - Peter Singer

⚖️ Justice

“If 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”

— Peter Singer

Our ability to help creates an obligation to act

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#obligation

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