Given the overall position that you take here, what may follow about how we ought to treat our disposable income?

Topic:
Singer argues that we have an obligation to give away a significant amount of our own money to charities that
save lives. Explain his argument for this conclusion. What is the best objection to his argument? How should
Singer respond to this objection to preserve the conclusion of his argument? Would Singer’s response be
successful at rebutting the objection? Why or why not? Given the overall position that you take here, what may
follow about how we ought to treat our disposable income?

Description
1500 words. Papers less than 1000 words will receive an incomplete. Cannot be more than 1550 words
12pt Times New Roman font.
Include in-text citations for ideas or words that are not your own. Please include the author’s name and page
number in these citations. Consider this paraphrase as an example:
God would have the ability to create a hospitable universe, as well as good reason to do so, and so God’s
existence is a satisfying explanation of our universe (White, pg. 33).
Include a bibliography of sources if you use ideas or words from sources outside the course material. Please use
MLA or APA format for your bibliography citations. If a paper fails to give credit its outside sources, it will
receive penalties, up to and including a failing grade.
More Requirements
Your paper should contain all the following elements (listed in the recommended order):
Introduction. A brief overview of the main ideas, perhaps touching on their general interest to us, and your thesis
statement. At minimum, your thesis statement should indicate whether you will support or reject the author’s
argument (in some way).

Exposition. Reconstruct the author’s argument. Explain how their premises are intended to support their
conclusion (and any other issues relevant to the paper).
Objection. Present the best (singular) reason you can think of to reject the author’s argument. In most cases, a
viable objection argues that one of the author’s premises is false. Explain how the author’s argument may fail in
light of the objection.
Reply. Present the best (singular) reason you can think of to overcome the objection. In most cases, a viable
reply argues that the objection requires some assumption that we should reject. Explain how the author’s
argument may succeed in light of the reply.
Evaluation. A critical assessment of whether the reply to the objection succeeds. Here you make good on your
thesis by supporting or rejecting the author’s argument given the considerations in your paper thus far.
Application. Consider the upshot of your thesis on our ordinary lives