The main resource of a philosopher is reason; the rational exercise of the intellect on a question of knowledge. While there are undoubtedly hundreds of dissenting opinions on this matter, it has always been my position that emotions are an obstacle to the use of reason. Like Descartes' "evil demon", emotions often tempt me to act or believe in the irrational, so I am constantly on guard against their falsity. However, on the occasions when I am faced with true evil; such as Peter Singer's principle which states: "if it is in our power to prevent something bad from happening, without sacrificing something of comparable moral importance, we should, morally, do so" (appropriately coined the rule of great moral evil by Giovanni Arturo); my emotions cannot be put aside so easily, and I must instead allow them to fuel my reasoning mind until the idea is dismissed without any discussion. In this sense, I will attack Singer's Evil Rule as quickly and ruthlessly as possible so that we can then discuss Prof. Arthur's more interesting and reasonable arguments. In "Famine, Affluence, and Morality", Singer argues that the moral evaluations of a reasoning body can be quantified economically, that people need not help those near us in need before helping those around the world if their suffering is greater, that we must believe that every person on earth is equally morally obligated to alleviate suffering, but we must act as if no one else is attempting to do so – in short, that nothing can diminish “our obligation to mitigate or prevent ” any evil, plague or hardship throughout the world until we all live in the same squalor. If this principle wasn't repugnant enough, Singer concludes his argument by stating that if we accepted this... half the paper... despite the objections I have to the details, Arthur's claim about an additional ideal code is so good and exhaustive that I have to include it word for word. From eight pages of his “Rights and Ideal Moral Code” I have extracted the following lines: Singer, Watson and other supporters of socialism and Marxism often accuse capitalists, atheists and other rational beings of believing that individuals have no duty towards very similar. Indeed, I recognize a duty to famine victims and other human beings in need: that as an individual, I should and will help those in need to the extent that I am capable, without compromising my efforts to maximize the well-being of myself , my family, my community and my country so that those who choose to help you are in the best possible position to do so. In this way, the well-being of the world will be maximized.