Paul Collier, who wrote the book The Bottom Billion about global poverty, reviews Singer’s The Life You Can Save and has some interesting criticisms. Though, I think our obligations to the world’s poorest people aren’t simply a matter of altruism; it can be well argued, I think, that we owe them, given some of our behavior (e.g., our contribution to global climate change).

Still waiting for my copy of Singer’s book from the library. (See here and here for relevant posts.)