giving to people when we can?

Question

"if we can prevent something bad without sacrificing anything of comparable significance, we ought to do it." where is this quote by Singer likely to lead us?

Answer 1

It means people will more than likely decide they can't give freely as a large percentage of the populace is economically strained. Also, most people refuse to acknowledge the outstretched hand because they are plugged into their cellphones, ipods and other forms of technobuggery.