Killing and Starving to Death
- 1 April 1979
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Philosophy
- Vol. 54 (208) , 159-171
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0031819100048415
Abstract
Although we do not know exactly how many people die each year of malnutrition or related health problems, the number is very high, in the millions. By giving money to support famine relief efforts, each of us could save at least some of them. By not giving, we let them die.Keywords
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