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24 alternatives to Famine, Affluence, and Morality

Peter Singer's essay on moral obligations, near and far

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Famine, Affluence, and Morality launched in 2015; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   Moral Tribes▲56

   Emotion, reason, and the gap between us and them

   2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Revisionist History by Malcolm Gladwell▲58

   Food Fight: closing the gap between rich and poor

   2016 · pushkin.fm · its alternatives →

3. 3
   The Theory of Moral Sentiments▲58

   Ethics and charity from...wait, Adam Smith?

   2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

4. 4
   The Divide▲63

   American Injustice in the Age of the Wealth Gap

   2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Abundance: The Future Is Better Than You Think▲74

   The blueprint of an abundant future

   2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

6. 6
   For God, Country, and Coca-Cola▲67

   America's socio-economic history through the "glass"

   2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

7. 7
   The Moral Landscape▲64

   How science can determine human values.

   2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

8. 8
   The Power of Ideals▲62

   The Real Story of Moral Choice

   2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

9. 9
   The Most Good You Can Do▲92

   Peter Singer's new book on effective altruism

   2015 · mostgoodyoucando.com · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Waking Up #44 - Being Good and Doing Good: A Conversation with William MacAskill▲55

    Effective altruism, moral illusions, and existential risk

    2016 · soundcloud.com · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Truth, Errors, and Lies: Politics and Economics in a Volatil▲56

    Politics and Economics of the Future

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Sapiens▲185

    A brief history of humankind

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Scarcity▲71

    Why having too little means so much

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Misbehaving▲62

    The making of behavioral economics

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

15. 15
    A Modest Proposal▲67

    A philosophical satire on fighting poverty...with blood.

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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    Self-Reliance▲68

    Independence, non-conformity, and trusting oneself

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Why Greatness Cannot Be Planned▲61

    The myth of the objective

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Nonzero: The Logic of Human Destiny▲55

    The idea of greater non-zero-sum beneffitting the world

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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    Why Nations Fail▲75

    The origins of power, prosperity, and poverty

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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    What Money Can't Buy▲62

    What moral lines can and can't we cross as a society?

    2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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    The No Asshole Rule: Building a Civilized Workplace and Surviving One That Isn't▲56

    Perhaps a better corporate motto than "Don't be evil"

    2015 · gsb.stanford.edu · its alternatives →

22. 22
    The Zero-Sum Society▲61

    Distribution and the possibilities for economic change

    2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Predictably Irrational▲96

    The hidden forces that shape our decisions

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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    Autobiography of Andrew Carnegie and the Gospel of Wealth▲58

    A practical wealth plan from an early leader

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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