PHIL 320A Lecture 42: PHIL-320A,University of Arizona,TextbookReadings(p42)
30 Aug 2018
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Singer"s problem with this argument it takes insufficient account of the effect that moral standards can have on the decisions we make. 2. if we wear ourselves out through overwork, we shall be less effective than we would otherwise have been. People who do refuse to make voluntary contributions are refusing to prevent a certain amount of suffering without being able to point to any tangible beneficial consequence of their refusal. So the onus of showing how their refusal will bring about government action is on those who refuse to give. The best means of preventing famine, in the long run, is population control. We ought to give until we reach the level of marginal utility-that is, the level at which, by giving more, i would cause as much suffering to myself or my dependents as i would relieve by my gift. Schmidtz: islands in a sea of obligation: limits of the duty to rescue 683-
