Almost everyone agrees that giving to others is a good thing, but people have different views and expectations regarding how much a person should give. Peter Singer puts personal happiness and suffering on the same level as others' happiness and suffering, implying that we should seek to minimize suffering and maximize happiness in absolute terms. > in order to be good people, we must give until if we gave more, we would be sacrificing something nearly as important as the bad things our donations can prevent. ([Location 3030](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B0825FWP4N&location=3030))" This belief strikes me as unnatural and unrealistic, because it's a rare person who does not value their own interests over that of strangers. Not everything natural is good, but in this case, I think it would be a rather strict benchmark to expect people to give that much. ## Related - [[Money]]