The discussions in this course are practical applications of the critical thinking skills you are learning in this course.

In this article Singer argues that those in rich nations have a duty to aid those who have fewer resources.

Discuss Singer’s main arguments and things that you have learned after having read the article. Please make reference to specific passages as you discuss things with your classmates. Work with each other to figure out the meanings of difficult passages and to examine ideas with each other. Some guiding questions are:

1) What did you learn from the article? What do you agree with? What claims do you disagree with? Why? What is your justification for agreement or disagreement?

2) What didn’t you understand about the article? Work with your classmates to interpret difficult passages.

3) Apply the claims made in this article to the topics of the course this week. Do you think that Singer is being objective? Are his claims sound? Does he display critical thinking or a lack thereof? Why?