(a) In his article, Unger defends a principle called Pretty Demanding Dictate which claims that we should spend most of our income in order to alleviate suffering in the world. To support this principle, Unger proposes two cases: Bob's Bugatti case and Ray's Big Request case. To briefly discuss how Unger's argument is structured, Unger proposes that if we agree that Bob should ruin his expensive Bugatti in order to save a child, we are inclined to believe that Ray should give away most of his money to UNICEF because it can do more good. with a lower cost than Bob's case. Here, Unger also proposes the reasonable principle of ethical integrity, which holds that if you believe someone should perform a certain act of benevolence, then you should also be able to perform the same act under the same circumstances. This principle is used to persuade us that if we think Bob or Ray should perform an act of kindness in their situation, we should also do it in the same circumstances. At the end of this reasoning, we are led to believe that we should sacrifice most of our money, just as we think Bob and Ray should do. (b) Now, against Unger's rather demanding Dictate, there might be conflicting views offered by advocates. by Murphy and Cullity. Both Murphy and Cullity would agree that Unger's rather demanding Dictate is too demanding of us and therefore should have a limit at which we free ourselves from moral obligations. However, each author gives a different reason to support this overly demanding objection; Murphy argues for fairness as a constraint on moral obligation while Cullity argues for self-interest as a constraint. First with Murphy: Murphy defenders would object to Unger's Pretty Demanding D...... middle of paper ...... a certain number of children if there are other people around, whether we cooperate or not. If everyone begins to accept these principles, they will eventually become desensitized to the demanding nature of morality and feel that it is acceptable not to help in certain circumstances. This is unacceptable. On the other hand, Pretty Demanding Dictate would require you to save all the children, and if you didn't, you would feel like you had done something morally wrong and would be more likely to remain aware of your obligation morality thereafter. Even though the likelihood of anyone following the principle perfectly is non-existent, if Pretty Demanding Dictate can prevent people from abandoning their moral obligation and constantly remind them of their moral obligation, these qualities alone would justify promoting Pretty Demanding Dictate..