“I am either extraordinarily ignorant, or just plain selfish. If I were not ignorant, I would know that children are dying from diarrhea or malaria, because they lack safe drinking water, or mosquito nets, and obviously what I have spent on this watch or handbag would have been enough to help several of them survive; but I care so little about them that I would rather spend my money on something that I wear for ostentation alone.”
我们可以这一判断应用于戴3晚美元名表或购买类似奢侈品（比如12 000美元手袋）的人。从根本上说，这类人在说：“我要么特别无知，要么特别自私。如果我不无知，我就会知道痢疾和疟疾正在夺走儿童的声明，因为他们缺少安全饮用水或蚊帐，而我花在这只手表或手袋上的钱显然足以拯救好几个这样的儿童的声明；但我对他们漠不关心，宁可把钱花在穿戴着只能用来炫耀的东西上。”