1. Suffering or death from lack of food, shelter, and medical care are bad and can be prevented 
  2. Climate change will lead to suffering and death from lack of food, shelter, and medical care
  3. We should not forget about suffering and death because it is not immediately affecting us or people around us
  4. Climate catastrophe is not yet immediately affecting all of us (as much as it will be)
  5. We should not discriminate because people are far away from us
  6. Living a life of privilege confers a responsibility to others
  7. Social conditions create and maintain inequity, those most disadvantaged will also be disproportionately affected by climate change and catastrophe

Conclusion: Our moral scheme needs to be altered. We are obligated to help those exposed to suffering and death from climate crisis.

*Analysis based on Peter Singer’s “Affluence, Famine, and Morality”

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