response:

In reaction to Peter Singer's essay, his way of expressing each argument made me feel guilty about the way I live my life. He keeps stressing the fact unesscesarry expenses should be eliminated. This statement is quite extreme because in America, there is nobody that doesn't spend just a little bit of money one themselves. In fact, I don't even believe that Singer spends all of his money for nessecities and donates the rest to overseas organizations. Also, not only is his statement extreme, but his examples that support it sounds a little bazaar. While explaining the story about Bob and his decision between his car and a boy stuck in the tracks, Singer paraphrases, "Thinking of his joy in owning the car and the financial security it represents, Bob decides not to throw the switch. The child is killed." That kind of situation seems highly unlikely and he appears to over exaggerate to prove his point. Although I agree that we should donate money to overseas organizations, I think that the donation should be moderate and reasonable. We don't have to send all of our allowance to UNICEF every week, but perhaps a few dollars each month would do the trick. Donating to save peoples lives is something that everyone should do from time to time; it should not be a nessecity as Singer expresses.