According to Singer, if a conclusion validly follows from true principles, then:
A. It should be accepted, but only if it is not too strange.
B. It might still be the case that the conclusion should be rejected, based on the circumstance.
C. It should be accepted no matter how strange it appears.
D. It might still be the case that the conclusion should be rejected, based on practical limitations.
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According to Peter Singer in "Famine, Affluence, and Morality," the correct answer is:
C. It should be accepted no matter how strange it appears.
Singer argues that if a conclusion validly follows from true moral principles, it is our obligation to accept that conclusion, regardless of how it might conflict with our intuitions or seem strange to us.
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