Peter Singer?

Question:I'm doing a paper that argues against peter singer in his essay "Famine, Affluence, and Morality". I just wanted to know if he is a strict consequentialist, or if he believes also in positive rights (rights that require action ie. helping those in need)

Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: I'm doing a paper that argues against peter singer in his essay "Famine, Affluence, and Morality". I just wanted to know if he is a strict consequentialist, or if he believes also in positive rights (rights that require action ie. helping those in need)

consequence entails positive for positive, negative for negative -- so why shouldn't he?
if he would, he simply would be going against some of his raised points as:

Although Singer rejects rights as a moral ideal independent from his utilitarianism based on interests, he accepts rights as derived from utilitarian principles, particularly the principle of minimizing suffering