That&#x27;s not the fallacy of relative privation. The F.R.P. addresses arguments that appeal to <i>unrelated</i> problems elsewhere in the world. It&#x27;s a fallacy because it&#x27;s illogical: it doesn&#x27;t matter that kids are starving in Japan, because nothing you do with your raisin bran is going to change that. But it does not follow that local problems are more, or even equally, deserving of attention that foreign ones.