One of the important issues discussed nowadays is the World Poverty. There are many disagreements between experts in this domain, whether rich nations are morally obligated to help poor nations, whether helping the Poor by giving them fish instead of a fishing rods is a good solution? The question is why these disagreements occur? My main thesis is that disagreements between experts occur because of three main reasons, first of all each of expert can use different ways of knowing in order to explore the issue, second of all the big question is who can we actually classify as an expert and third point is the subjectivity of opinions. There are many experts who discuss the problem using different areas of knowledge. This essay will investigate mainly two of them: ethics and human sciences. Ethics try to answer the question “what is good and what is wrong” . In this case whether helping the poor is good or wrong. The next area of knowledge that I will be using is history. I will mainly focus on some of the historical events that determine the opinions of two different experts who present two opposite aspects of poverty. Now, I will focus on the first area of knowledge which are ethics. Assuming that the world is one big family and we are all humans with a human capabilities, each person who is in need has a right to receive an aid and each person who is incapable of help, should provide the aid or support. Mainly because of using one of the important ways of knowing, which
Ethical dilemmas occur when there is a disagreement about a situation and all parties involved question how they should behave based on their individual ethical morals. (Newman & Pollnitz, 2005). The dilemma that I will be addressing in this essay involves Michael, recently employed male educator working in the nursery, and parents of a baby enrolled at the centre. The parents have raised concerns about male educators changing their child’s nappy as they have cultural practices that do not allow this practice to take place. This situation is classed as an ethical dilemma as there is a dispute between cultural beliefs and legal requirements within the workplace. There are four parties involved (parents, child, educator and director), all
Before enrolling in Ethics and Society at Texas State University, I considered myself to be educated about my own decisions and my reasoning for why I think the way I do. Although I assumed I had my morals figured out, I never reflected on the aspect of whether or not it was moral to help one in need. I always understood if someone needed help, it was best to assist in whatever way I could. But after reading John Kekes “On the Supposed Obligation to Relieve Famine,” I now think that it should be reconsidered, depending on the given circumstance, if the person deserves to receive the help. I will explain why John Kekes article changed my perspective on the issue of famine relief throughout the following paper.
Philosophers, Peter Singer’s and Onora O’Neill’s attempt to draw connection between poverty and moral philosophy and how aid should be directed towards groups in absolute poverty. The aim of this paper is to provide an extensive analysis on the work of both the philosophers’ while outlining some of the limitations each of the theories has.
Every day, there is a lot of deaths caused by hunger, diseases, infection, etc. That is due to poverty in the world that we lived in, and we as human being living in the same world can done something about it. In the article, “Rich and Poor” by Peter Singer talks about absolute poverty and argues that we can help those who are in absolute poverty. Singer defines absolute poverty as "… life at the very margin of existence” (644). It is the condition of someone does not have enough foods and needs to survive in a time needed to live in this world. We can stop absolute poverty if we provided help like donation and charity, but that might not be enough if we don’t morally obligate to prevent it. This article will discussed the arguments that Singer talks about in his article to see how we are morally obligated to help.
Reducing or contributing to the elimination of poverty is a moral choice and/or problem. ( Value Based.)
In the article, “Famine, Affluence, and Morality”, Pete Singer, a Utilitarian, argues that citizens in affluent countries such as the United States have a moral obligation to give up as much as they can for famine relief. Singer’s contention in his article is that the way we morally conduct ourselves ought to be reappraised. (Singer, 230). I Singer’s argument, and in this paper, I will examine the distinction between duty and charity, compare both deontological and consequential theories of ethics, and address Immanuel Kant and Pete Singer’s similarities and their utilitarian resolution to such problems. I will conclude how we have a moral duty to relieve suffering in the world, and why it is wrong if we abstain from our moral obligation.
As long as the human race has been on this Earth there have always been those who are above the rest with their wealth and prosperity and those who are poor and could use a hand. With this rises the dilemma of whether it is a moral obligation for those who are wealthy to lend a helping hand to the hungry people that are less fortunate than them. That brings the question of what would this moral obligation be; would it be something that we perceive as being the correct thing to do or an actual obligation that is required of us. The two men whose articles I will be discussing today have differing views when it comes to this subject. On one hand we have Garrett Hardin who believes that aiding the poor is the wrong course of action. We then have Peter Singer who believes that is should be an obligation for all of us to help those in need. While Garrett Hardin makes a strong argument as to why we should not provide aid to the poor it is Peter Singer’s argument that gives a more compelling reason as to why it is right for us to aid those in need.
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Morality is one of the most fascinating aspects of humanity. It is often treated as the one trait that ultimately makes us superior to animals, and yet there is no agreed-upon single moral code. Questions of morality always lead to heated debates and passionate discussions, because every individual has their own values and ethics. Controversy often arises when the topic of the debate concerns inequality and injustice, such as between the rich and the poor. Recently, this type of discussion emerged because of a philosopher called Peter Singer, and book he published. In this paper, I will agree with Singer and argue that in order to live a moral life, one should donate funds to aid agencies, however only when the means are comfortably available.
What are some issues that threaten the immediate stability and balance of the world? War? Nukes? Global Warming? Economic fluctuations? The answer is none of the above. All of these are admissible issues, but they don’t come near to the immediate impact and effects that accompany world poverty. An estimated three billion people live on less than $2.50 a day, yet there hasn’t been any drastic actions taken to counteract this predicament in a sustaining manner (Shah). However, writers such as Peter Singer and Garrett Hardin are doing a stupendous job bringing this topic into the spotlight. Both “Lifeboat Ethics: the Case Against Helping the Poor,” and “The Singer Solution To World Poverty,” offer insight to this serious issue. Both authors
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Across the world, through many people do not have the basics for survival. It is a global issue that continues to get worse on a daily basis. Yet, what can we do about it? Does it affect us? Lenferne discusses this issue at length and compares a multitude of ethical viewpoints, the most prominent argument put forth is one that discusses the ability of those who are more fortunate to spend lavishly yet, it only takes is a few dollars to feed many of the needy. She points
The proposed principle on the need to generate good things when the overall cost of extending such good deeds would be nothing morally comparable depicts that the rich countries have a major implication in helping those residing in abject poverty across the globe. He demonstrates the importance of extending the good things to those suffering due to economic misfortunes without sacrificing morally comparable. With the rich countries residing in a luxurious ways, the poor countries across the globe witness millions of deaths especially among children. These millions of children deaths could be avoided through rich countries role in generating good things. Furthermore, Singer illustrates that we are able to prevent bad things when the cost to you would be nothing morally comparable. Thus, rich countries consist of the power and capabilities to prevent the bad things including sufferings and deaths occurring in the poor countries globally with the cost of nothing morally comparable. The money, technologies, and knowledge in the rich countries could be used to prevent the deaths, sufferings, diseases, and poor housing living conditions happening in the poor countries across the globe. In a weak principle proposed by Singer of preventing bad things when the overall cost incurred would be nothing of morally significant, a clear insight is drawn on the role of the rich to help those poor. The principle conveys how in the contexts of global hunger and poverty, the rich countries continue to behave immorally by failing to help the poor nations hence the need for a radical change on our ways of
Due to these severe issues, wealthier more developed nations have made it their responsibility to eliminate some of these issues by donating and providing aid to them. But, many attempts have had a negative outcome due to the interest of their government. Although it is the responsibility of the developed countries to aid and help the global poor, due to the severe long term effect that poverty has had, the donators, would eventually impoverish themselves to sacrifice their luxury to meet such a moral
Peter Singer said; “If it is in our power to prevent something bad from happening, without thereby sacrificing anything of comparable moral importance, we ought, morally, to do it” (Famine, Affluence, and Morality). As human beings, we have a moral compulsion to help other people, despite the verity that they may be strangers, especially when whatever type of aid we may render can in no approach have a more significant consequence on our own life.