Blind Quote by Peter Singer
“Take for example providing a guide dog for a blind person. That's a good thing to do, right? All right. It is a good thing to do. But you have to think what else you could do with the resources. It costs about $40,000 to train a guide dog and train the recipient so that the guide dog can be an effective help to a blind person. It costs somewhere between 20 and $50 to cure a blind person in a developing country if they have trachoma. So you do the sums, and you could provide one guide dog for one blind American or you could cure between 400 and 2,000 people of blindness.”
About This Quote
Source Lecture: Ethics talk, likely a public talk on resource allocation, 2000s
Ethical decisions should consider cost‑effectiveness, helping many over one.
In simple terms: Help many, not just one.
Key Takeaway
Prioritize actions that benefit the most.
Themes
ethics
resource allocation
utilitarianism
Mood
thoughtful
serious
Type
ethical
philosophical
When to use this quote
- charity
- policy making
- medical aid
Key Concepts
cost‑benefit analysis
global health
Questions to Reflect On
- How do you balance efficiency with compassion?
- What criteria guide your charitable choices?
A Different Perspective
May ignore individual rights or emotional ties.
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