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The Sting of Moral Clarity
I re-read Peter Singer’s book, The Life You Can Save (10th anniversary edition) in doing background for a recent episode of my show, Living a Life in Full, and the interview I did with Charlie Bresler, PhD.
Turns out that Charlie and I have a great deal in common, and perhaps on the top of that list is a deep respect for the perspective championed by the inspirational work of Peter Singer. A decade ago, Peter and Charlie co-founded The Life You Can Save (TLYCS), a non-profit dedicated to reducing extreme poverty, with the euphonious homage to Peter’s book and philosophy. The Life You Can Save’s mission is to inspire more people to give effectively and end world poverty, and I would argue it was perhaps the intellectual spark that ignited what is now called the “effective altruism” movement.
Generosity is both a signal and a cause of success. — Scott Galloway
While we all have been taught that we should be of help to those in need, I have to say this approach really makes you want to up your game as it were. His perspective takes the gloves off and full-throatedly admonishes us to do better by giving more. Maybe even donating an organ — more on that in a minute.
It seems to the casual observer that regardless of one’s spiritual tenants or philosophical perspectives, many forms of religion include pledging. “Judaism has…
