The life you can save

The book The Life You Can Save is one of the most famous books of the contemporary American philosopher Peter Singer; it is widely read around the world in many languages. This book falls within the field of applied philosophy, specifically in the field of practical ethics, of which Singer is considered one of its most prominent figures in our current era. Perhaps the main subject of this book — for some readers — seems to be just a call to donate money for the extremely poor around the world. But such a reading reduces the cognitive value of this book, as it is a practical philosophical proof of the necessity of doing good according to a program that determines what one can donate based on their income, without harming their personal livelihood. For all these reasons and others, this book urges us to be more charitable human beings, and to participate in creating a better world.