The Way We Spend In Peter Singer's Ethics'

The question of how to spend money could also be connected in Matthew 16 when Jesus spoke about discipleship. Jesus asked of his disciples, “What profit would there be for one to gain the whole world and forfeit his life” (Matthew 16:26). I connect this with verses listed earlier, how Jesus preached against materialism and monetary obsession. I think that Jesus is saying a life wasting money is a life wasted. That life is more meaningful when the focus is not on money.

In chapter 2 of the Ethics Primer Svara discusses many important ideas. Some of these included the importance of people who work for the government doing their civic duty , 3 types of ethical reasonings brought up by a student, and Lawrence Kholbergs model of moral judgement. In the book Svara brings up how people in certain roles have a job to do. They must meet the expectations expected of them or they aren’t serving the public in a full capacity. As you read on the 3 types of ethical reasonings are discussed. They are virtue, principle, and to be a public employee. This student I feel has a pretty spot on idea of how people should act. Honesty and following the law are just things ethically sound people should be doing. It doesn't take a genious to understand right from wrong. Finally a major point of the chapter discussed Lawrence Kohlberg and his model of moral judgement. “Lawrence kholberg (1981) offers a model of moral judgement to help understand how the capacity for ethical reasoning develops and explains the motives for acting at different stages of development”.(23) More specifically he gives the six stages of maturity children go through. These being punishment and obedience, instrumental relativist, good boy;nice girl, society maintaining/law and order, social contract, universal ethical

Money is a big part of our everyday lives. It is how we live, take care of ourselves, provide for ourselves and everything inbetween. In Do You Really Want a Baby Tiger, Mia Lewis states “ not just the food and the vet bills, although those can indeed be considerable”. With that in mind,

As a million dollars passes through your hands, Foster teaches us on how to hold onto the money we’ve earned. Many consider money to be a good thing, but when people start believing that quantity overrides quality, money can lead you to the wrong reasons. He’s gotten to know some of the most successful people in the world during his lifetime, and every single one of them started out learning what do with the money they’ve earned with a part-time job. “They also learned how tough it is to earn each and every dollar, so they were careful about how they spent their money. These successful people developed good spending habits when they were young that stayed with them throughout their careers,” (pg 22). In my future, I plan to get a job and save at least half of my

Ethical relativism is not just simply one concept. It can be divided into two categories cultural relativism and ethical subjectivism. Cultural relativism states that what a culture finds correct is what is correct, within its own realm. Ethical subjectivism are what people as individuals find correct, or the values a person stands for and what they support whereas culture relativism is has a certain standard of morality held within a culture or society. These both view people as being in charge of their own morality. However, there are some problems with the view ethical relativism itself. For instance marital rape, machismo in Hispanics culture and premarital sex. In this dissertation I will be discussing problems with ethical relativism, while using the examples above.

In his writing, A Practical Companion to Ethics, Anthony Weston explains people are more judgmental and it causes a lot more problems than solutions. Anthony Weston feels Ethics requires us to be mindful thinkers, because it helps fight unjust prejudgment. I personally feel this could help fix court systems, federal, and state wide corruption. Most importantly being a mindful thinker could help businesses. There are so many reasons that could fall under Anthony’s theory. Getting to know the author and his work. I feel his mindful thinking is to reach out to others and interact with more people in an expressive way. Weston believes this will help our community progress in a positive manner towards others. I think he feels ethics requires us

    Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness is our unalienable rights where we are able to live our life, get the freedom we deserve, and the pursuit of happiness to be able to live our life in whatever way that brings us joy. These are important unalienable rights because if we don’t have these right then we’re never really prepared for what’s to come. Andrew Sullivan quotes, “I believe in treasuring it as a mystery… that should never be destroyed.”(Doc. B) Something that we should keep to ourselves because it's ours and no one should disturb that.”I believe in the journey, not the arrival.”(Doc. B) This just shows that most people don’t really care for the money but what they learn through the journey because the pursuit of happiness doesn’t need to be

Singer believes that everybody must give when it's required. Many people are not contributing, so how much must I give without making myself or my loved ones worse off? The counter-argument here is whether to give more than can cause financial stuggle. He discusses the probability of contributing to the point of marginal utility. As Singer states “Because the situation seems to be that not many people are likely to give considerable sums, it makes sense that I and everybody else in similar conditions must give as much as possible, that is, at least up to the level at which by giving more one would start to cause acute suffering for oneself and one’s dependents-perhaps even beyond this level to the stage of marginal utility, at which by giving more one would cause oneself and one’s loved ones just as much suffering as one would prevent in Bengal” (pg. 234). To conclude, we all must give as much as possible so long as it doesn't cause us to suffer in the process.

This paper explores Peter Singer’s argument, in Famine, Affluence, and Morality, that we have morally required obligations to those in need. The explanation of his argument and conclusion, if accepted, would dictate changes to our lifestyle as well as our conceptions of duty and charity, and would be particularly demanding of the affluent. In response to the central case presented by Singer, John Kekes offers his version, which he labels the and points out some objections. Revisions of the principle provide some response to the objections, but raise additional problems. Yet, in the end, the revisions provide support for Singer’s basic argument that, in some way, we ought to help those in need.

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.

In “Practical Ethics” Peter Singer talks about abortion and euthanasia. He asserts that a potential person does not have the same rights as an actual person. He uses examples of other life that humans destroy before they mature, for example he says “to pull out a sprouting acorn is not the same as cutting down a venerable oak. To drop a fertile egg into a pot of boiling water is very different from doing the same to live chicken.” (p.138)

pread kindness is the message of Rachel Scott. Rachel Scott is the author of “My Ethics, My Codes Of Life.” Someone who is similar to Rachel Scott is Anne Frank. “My Ethics, My Codes Of Life” is about how kindness can cause a chain reaction and people never know how far a little kindness can go. Also, trust, compassion, and beauty are Rachel Scott’s ethics and beliefs. The Diary of Anne Frank is about a Jewish family going into hiding to not get caught by the Nazis. They go through many difficulties between themselves for two years and then get caught. The Diary of Anne Frank and “My Ethics, My Code of Life” are similar and different in the topics of structure, point of view, and

Singer offers many objections to his argument, but I will focus on the most important one: “If someone wants to buy a new car, they should. If someone wants to redecorate their house, they should, and if they need a suit, get it. They work for their money and they have the right to spend it on themselves” (26). This seems to be the most logical objection to Singer’s argument because humans are inherently selfish. They work for their money and would like to spend it any which way they desire—whether it be to charity or a car—without being chastised and degraded. Many people make enough to send their children to college, own a reliable car, and to occasionally be able to

For the first 3 chapters, Melchin has said nothing about Christianity, yet his book claims to be an introduction to Christian Ethics! Whereas Philosophy tends to talk in terms of “injustice,” Christianity prefers the language of “evil” and “sin.” This stems from the Christian cosmology which asserts that the natural order (the universe in which we live) is distorted, defective and/or fundamentally screwed-up due to the exercise of human free will. In other words, God’s original plan for creation was distorted/damaged by the exercise of human free will, which resulted in the banishment from the idyllic pain-free perfectly just world of Eden and introduced pain and suffering to human existence. Christian faith provides a response to the problem of sin/evil/pain/suffering/hatred/injustice in our world. Christian faith assumes a commitment/conviction on the part of the believer. According to Melchin, “Christian faith is not a set of divinely authored rules or principles from which we derive moral obligations [that would be a deductive approach]. It is an enduring commitment to the worth of moral understanding and acting which is rooted in a confidence in God” (86 see also 97). But before addressing the Christian response to evil (which is hope due to redemption in Christ), he first addresses the various challenges, which arise from confronting evil.

There are a variety of different ethical systems that have developed of the course of millennia. However, even though the subject has been covered so thoroughly, it is still heavily debated. The varieties of ethical systems that are in existence look at various ethical problems from different perspectives and can be applied differently in different circumstances. Because of the subjective aspects to applying ethics, they can be as much an art as they are a science. Ethics are something that must be practiced and really cannot be perfected. In this way, studying ethics is a continual process that does not really stop. This paper will argue that ethics are the most important subject that an individual can pursue.