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Rethinking Singer: Toward a valid argument for helping the global poor

By: Joshua Luczak  
Open Access
|Dec 2025

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ebce-2025-0012 | Journal eISSN: 2453-7829 | Journal ISSN: 1338-5615
Language: English
Page range: 220 - 232
Published on: Dec 31, 2025
Published by: University of Prešov
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 2 issues per year

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