Effective Altruism Peter Singer

What are you doing with your life? Perhaps the better question would be, what should you be doing with your life? According to Peter Singer’s theory of Effective Altruism, a form of Utilitarianism, you should be doing anything you can to save as many lives as you can. His reasoning is that all lives are equal, thus when we attempt to perform an action morally, we truly are playing a game of numbers as the question we should be seeking to answer in our action is “What can I do to support the wellbeing and happiness of the greatest number of lives?” This seems justified, as most can agree that all lives are equal; however, if this were infallibly true, then the whole of the human race, each individual character, life, and love, is no more than