?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Singer+Revisited%3A+Cosmopolitanism%2C+Global+Poverty+and+Our+Ethical+Requirements&rft.creator=Lenferna%2C+Mr+G.+Alexandre&rft.subject=Ethics&rft.subject=South+African+Journal+of+Philosophy&rft.description=A+commonly+held+view+is+that+giving+to+the+poor+is+superogatory+i.e.+that+while+it+is+a+good+thing+to+do%2C+it+is+not+morally+wrong+for+us+not+to+do+so.+This+essay+sets+out+to+show+that+for+the+affluent+in+the+world+giving+to+the+poor+is+not+superogatory+but+is+rather+a+moral+obligation.++The+paper+critiques+Singer%E2%80%99s+famous+argument+in+%E2%80%98Famine%2C+Affluence+and+Morality%E2%80%99+and+finds+that+although+the+argument+is+a+cogent+and+powerful+one%2C+Singer%2C+when+trying+to+apply+the+argument+to+how+we+should+act%2C+somewhat+skews+the+argument%E2%80%99s+real+implications.+Furthermore+it+is+argued+that+a+cosmopolitan+concern+for+the+global+poor+is+the+morally+correct+response+to+have%2C+and+defends+this+view+by+examining+the+proper+effect+that+that+aspects+like+geographical+distance%2C+nationality%2C+reciprocity%2C+and+the+nature+of+the+global+economic+system+should+have+on+our+moral+considerations.+In+conclusion+it+is+argued+that+as+the+way+that+each+person+spends+his%2Fher+money+is+a+reflection+of+what+he%2Fshe+values%2C+then+for+many+of+us+in+positions+of+affluence%2C+in+order+to+be+moral%2C+much+more+should+be+done+in+order+to+help+those+experiencing+dire%2C+life-threatening+poverty+across+the+globe.+&rft.contributor=Olivier%2C+Professor+Abraham+&rft.date=2010-06-14&rft.type=Journal+(Paginated)&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=other&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F6859%2F1%2FLenferna.doc&rft.identifier=++Lenferna%2C+Mr+G.+Alexandre++(2010)+Singer+Revisited%3A+Cosmopolitanism%2C+Global+Poverty+and+Our+Ethical+Requirements.++%5BJournal+(Paginated)%5D++++(In+Press)++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F6859%2F