Note:  Your seminar grade will be determined by the quantity of your responses (how many questions you answer and how many other students you respond to) and the quality (how well you demonstrate an understanding of the ideas you're responding to, how detailed your responses are, how coherent and in-depth they are, etc.)

Directions:
1.  Read the essay by Peter Singer: The Singer Solution to World Poverty.

2. Choose one question and respond with a 3-5 paragraph mini-essay. Include quotes and/or specific references to the text to back up your responses.

1.  Ultimate Effect: What was the effect of this essay on you? Did it cause you to re-evaluate your approach to charity? Did it make you feel angry or defensive?  Will it cause you to change your behavior in anyway? Why or why not?

2.  Are we All Bob? How effective is the analogy that Singer draws between Bob's choice between the child and his Bugatti, and the choice that the average American makes between material comforts and donating to charity? Did this analogy work for you? Why or why not?

3. Utilitarianism: What does Singer mean when he talks about a "utilitarian" ethic in paragraph 5? How does this utilitarianism influence the practical suggestions he makes here to his audience?

4. Assumptions:  What assumptions does Singer make about his audience, and how accurate are those assumptions? Do they apply to you?

3. Submit your response to the Assignment Chamber by midnight on Monday, October 3.

4. Post your responses to the appropriate forum by midnight on Monday, October 3.

5. Read all the other students' posts throughout the seminar period.

6. Respond to at least two other student's post (more is better) .  You will have until midnight, Monday, October 10, to read and respond to the other students' ideas in the website.