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singer-impartiality · singer1972famine

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Citation
singer1972famine
Claim ID
singer-impartiality
Assertion
Singer argues that geographic distance creates no morally relevant distinction between people we can help — the duty to prevent suffering applies equally regardless of whether the person in need is nearby or far away.
Quote
It makes no moral difference whether the person I can help is a neighbor's child ten yards from me or a Bengali whose name I shall never know, ten thousand miles away.
Quote language
en
Locator
page: 231
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