of the wealthy is the best way to make use of the disposable income they receive. This says that the money creates utility for the most people by funding government services. Many utilitarian philosophers, including Peter Singer and Toby Ord, argue that inhabitants of developed countries in particular have an obligation to help to end extreme poverty across the world, for example by regularly donating some of their income to charity. Peter Singer, for example, argues that donating some of one's income to charity could help to save a life or cure somebody from a poverty-related illness, which is a much better use of the money as it brings someone in extreme poverty far more happiness than it would bring to oneself if one lived in relative comfort. However, Singer not only argues that one ought to donate a significant proportion of one's income to charity, but also that this money should be directed to the most cost-effective charities, in order to bring about the greatest good for the greatest number, consistent with utilitarian thinking. Singer's ideas have formed the basis of the modern effective altruism movement. See also Altruism (ethical doctrine) Applied ethics Anti-Utilitarianism Appeal to consequences Bounded rationality Charity International Classical liberalism Cost–benefit analysis Decision analysis Decision theory Effective altruism Gross national happiness Happiness pump List of utilitarians Pleasure principle (psychology) Prioritarianism Probabilistic reasoning Radicalism (historical) Relative utilitarianism State consequentialism Collectivism and individualism Uncertainty Utility monster Utilitarian bioethics Utilitarian cake-cutting References Citations Bibliography Adams, Robert Merrihew. 1976. "Motive Utilitarianism." Journal of Philosophy 73(14):467–81. . . Alican, Necip Fikri. 1994. Mill's Principle of Utility: A Defense of John Stuart Mill's Notorious Proof. Amsterdam: Editions Rodopi B.V. . Anscombe, G. E. M. 1958. "Modern Moral Philosophy." Philosophy 33(124):1–19. . . Ashcraft, Richard. 1991. John Locke: Critical Assessments. Routledge. Bayles, M. D. 1968. Contemporary Utilitarianism. Doubleday: Anchor Books. Bentham, Jeremy. [1789] 2009. An Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation (Dover Philosophical Classics). Dover Publications Inc. . Bentham, Jeremy, and Etienne Dumont. [1807] 2005. Theory of Legislation: Translated from the French of Etienne Dumont, translated by R. Hildreth. Adamant Media Corporation. . Bowring, John. [1838–1843] 2001. The Works of Jeremy Bentham 1. Adamant Media Corporation. . Brandt, Richard B. 1979. A Theory of the Good and the Right. Clarendon Press. . Bredeson, Dean. 2011. "Utilitarianism vs. Deontological Ethics." In Applied Business Ethics: A Skills-Based Approach. Cengage Learning. . Broome, John.