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The Life You Can Save
- De: Peter Singer
- Narrado por: Kristen Bell, full cast
- Duración: 7 h y 19 m
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 95
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 76
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 76
In this Tenth Anniversary Edition of The Life You Can Save, Peter Singer brings his landmark book up to date. In addition to restating his compelling arguments about how we should respond to extreme poverty, he examines the progress we are making and recounts how the first edition transformed the lives both of audiences and the people they helped. Learn how you can be part of the solution, doing good for others while adding fulfillment to your own life.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Good book, but a bad listen
- De Amazon Customer en 09-01-21
- The Life You Can Save
- De: Peter Singer
- Narrado por: Kristen Bell, full cast
A great guide on effective charitable givings
Revisado: 04-20-20
Who you donate to matters far more than how much you donate to. This book gives a great guide on a number of charities which are very effective on a per dollar level and is an eye opener of the variety of effective charities. I would had never known about the importance of therapy in Strong Minds if it were not for this book.
Furthermore, this book helps the general public understand the effectiveness of aid (yes, it's not perfect, but it has helped) as well as how aid could be improved. It also helps the public understand the effectiveness of charitable givings when done in the most efficient manner and refuting the moral excuses that often are made. Such as only choosing to give to charities of one's own country. A life in Africa is worth just as much as a life in the United States. Let's illustrate a hypothetical: If donating 5000 dollars would save 5 lives in Africa, but would only save 0.05 lives in the United States, it makes sense to donate to an Africa. The reason why so many effective charities are based on poor countries is because a dollar goes much further there in helping the needy than it would go here.
Anyone looking for advice on charitable givings should check out this book, as well the websites: Givewell and Life You Can Save.
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Locked In
- The True Causes of Mass Incarceration - and How to Achieve Real Reform
- De: John F. Pfaff
- Narrado por: Graham Halstead
- Duración: 9 h y 8 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 124
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 104
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 104
Locked In is a revelatory investigation into the root causes of mass incarceration by one of the most exciting scholars in the country. Having spent 15 years studying the data on imprisonment, John Pfaff takes apart the reigning consensus created by Michelle Alexander and other reformers, revealing that the most widely accepted explanations - the failed War on Drugs, draconian sentencing laws, an increasing reliance on private prisons - tell us much less than we think.
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5 out of 5 stars
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The true causes of Mass Incarceration
- De Ekaterinya Vladinakova en 04-17-20
- Locked In
- The True Causes of Mass Incarceration - and How to Achieve Real Reform
- De: John F. Pfaff
- Narrado por: Graham Halstead
The true causes of Mass Incarceration
Revisado: 04-17-20
This is an eye opener for me, as it points out the biggest cause of mass incarceration is the heavy reliance of incarceration as the means to control violent crimes. To reduce incarceration to levels comparable to Europe, we will need to look at alternatives. The book also points out the importance of looking at the role prosecutes play as well as a number of other factors that advocates of criminal justice reform often overlook.
I should point out my main goal regarding criminal justice reform is eliminating victimless crimes or crimes which can be made victimless under the right circumstances; IE legal but reasonably heavily regulated recreational drug market so that purchases of drugs are less likely to fuel violent drug gangs like the Cartels, but instead, would go to companies with substantial government oversight. However, if we are going to be serious about substantially reducing incarceration, we are going to have to take a hard look at people convicted of real crimes and figure out who really needs to be there, and who is better off being on probation, suspended sentence, community service or stand-alone fines.
I will say that I do hope John F, Pfaff writes future books on mass incarceration, and that those books will focus on criminal justice systems outside the US, from Denmark to Germany. In those countries, incarceration is not the first resort and fines and probation-like sentences there are the norm. Perhaps we Americans can learn a thing or two about how foreign countries do justice.
Because imprisonment is expensive, not just for the one in prison, but for those who pay taxes, and for the family of the one in prison. It's easy for us to say "Well she/he deserves it", but if alternatives to incarceration can give us similar or even superior rehabilitative and public safety outcomes coupled with significant tax payer cost savings, why not invest in those alternatives?
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