Book · 2009 · Economic assistance
The life you can save
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So a really easy action is to go and read the life you can save by Peter Singer or doing good better by Will MCC CasCal which are both excellent entry points to this world and were a big part of Rebecca and my journey into effective giving.
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- Available for free online“available for free online”2
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And I should tell listeners that your book the life you could save if you go to the life you can save org you can download the book simply by signing up for their mailing list which is the organization stimulated by the book as well.
He has written brilliantly from an ethical perspective on extreme poverty euthanasia human genetic selection sports doping the sale of kidneys and generally happiness including in his books ethics in the real world and the life you can save.
Lex Fridman Lex Fridman Podcast · Jul 2020 And i'll remind listeners that shallow pond is the centerpiece of his book the life you say we did an interview on that um a while back we'll put a link to it.
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Why people recommend it
The Life You Can Save: How to Play Your Part in Ending World Poverty by Peter Singer is a foundational work of moral philosophy and effective altruism that argues affluent individuals have an ethical obligation to alleviate extreme global suffering. Jack Lewars recommended the volume on ChooseFI as an excellent entry point into the world of effective giving, noting that it played a major role in shaping his philanthropic journey. Russ Roberts dedicated an episode of EconTalk to the tenth-anniversary edition of the book, reminding listeners that they could download the text for free through the associated organization's website. Peter Singer himself promoted this free digital and audiobook availability during an appearance on The Rich Roll Podcast. Additionally, Ryan Holiday mentioned reading the volume on The Daily Stoic while exploring how moral philosophy impacts everyday financial and ethical choices, and Lex Fridman discussed the book's core themes during an interview on the Lex Fridman Podcast, contextualizing it within Singer's broader ethical contributions regarding human and animal suffering.
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Russ Roberts and I should tell listeners that your book the life you could save if you go to the life you can save org y… 3
Discussed
“and i'll remind listeners that shallow pond is the centerpiece of his book the life you say we did an interview on that um a while back we'll put a link to it”
Discussed
“his most recent book and the subject of today's conversation is the tenth year anniversary edition of his book the life you can save”
Recommended
“and I should tell listeners that your book the life you could save if you go to the life you can save org you can download the book simply by signing up for their mailing list which is the organization stimulated by the book as well”
Peter Singer you can go to the life you can save dot org and you can look at the Charities that we recommend and click o… 2
Recommended
“you can go to the life you can save dot org and you can look at the Charities that we recommend and click on get more details on each one”
Discussed
“in the first edition I quoted world bank figures that were current at the time the book went to press that there are 1.4 billion people living in extreme poverty that is not having enough income to reliably meet their basic needs and the needs of their dependents”
Jack Lewars so a really easy action is to go and read the life you can save by Peter Singer or doing good better by Wil… 1
Recommended
“so a really easy action is to go and read the life you can save by Peter Singer or doing good better by Will MCC CasCal which are both excellent entry points to this world and were a big part of Rebecca and my journey into effective giving”
Lex Fridman he has written brilliantly from an ethical perspective on extreme poverty euthanasia human genetic selectio… 2
Discussed
“he has written brilliantly from an ethical perspective on extreme poverty euthanasia human genetic selection sports doping the sale of kidneys and generally happiness including in his books ethics in the real world and the life you can save”
Discussed
“sort of maybe this is a good time to ask you 10 years ago wrote life you can save that's now I think available for free online”
Ryan Holiday at the same time I think philosophy can often I'm reading uh Peter singer's new book or he published the on… 1
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“at the same time I think philosophy can often I'm reading uh Peter singer's new book or he published the one about the life you can save”
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Plugged
“I suggest instead say in my book the life you can save I suggest more reasonable percentages of incomes that scale up as you earn more”
Passing
“he's published several books on our moral responsibility to alleviate suffering including the highly influential book animal Liberation and the life you can save both of which are books we cover in this conversation”
Plugged
“the organization that I founded that recommends effective Charities recommends a couple that do restore sight”
Plugged
“so Charlie Bressler who's the person who with whom I really co-founded the life you can save was before he read the book that I wrote the life you can save um president of uh uh men's clothing retail chain in the United States”
Plugged
“so in fact yeah it was initially published by random house um and at some point uh Charlie said let's try and get the rights back so that we can make it free”
Passing
“his book is the life you could say if Peter thanks for being part of UConn talk”