Critical Analysis of Peter Singer’s “One World Now”

From the dawn of time, for we were provided with the gift of reflexivity, were able to determine to a certain extent the state of things through judgment. However, given the singularity of our compositions, it was hardly ever the case that these judgments coincided completely. Thus the struggle to find guiding principles remained. In One World Now, Peter Singer contributes to this ongoing debate by defending a global utilitarian ethics as a prerequisite to tackle the biggest challenges of our time. The modest aim of this paper will be to scrutinize the oughts he advocates for, and assess the underlying ethical stance.