World-renowned ethicist and philosopher Peter Singer discusses his new book with Louise Adler. In The Life You Can Save, Singer argues that if everyone who can afford to contribute to reducing extreme poverty were to give a modest proportion of their income to effective organizations fighting extreme poverty, the problem could be solved. In this conversation he lays out the provocative moral logic of his ideas.
Writers at the Convent, Feb 2009
(Part 1 of 2)