Assignment: Peter Singer - "Famine, Affluence, and Morality"
Read the article "Famine, Affluence, and Morality," by Peter Singer and complete the following tasks:
o Explain Singer's goal in this article, and then present his argument in relation to this issue.
o Explain three counter-arguments to Singer's position that he addresses in his article, and then indicate Singer's responses to those counter-arguments.
o Define Singer's concept of marginal utility and identify how it relates to his argument.
o Compare how the ideas of duty and charity change in Singer's proposed world?
o Finally, present your personal response to Singer (this should be no more than one page of the entire assignment). Provide an argument either in support of Singer's position, against his position, or somewhere in the middle of his position. Remember that when you present your own positions you need to support those positions with as much logical reasoning and factual evidence as possible.
Format your homework according to the following formatting requirements:
o The answer should be typed, using Times New Roman font (size 12), double spaced, with one-inch margins on all sides.
o The response also includes a cover page containing the title of the homework, the student's name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
o Also include a reference page. The Citations and references must follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.