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John Arthur presented a moderate view, more in line with our current behavior, that recognizes an individual’s entitlement to resources as an excuse against any moral requirement to give them away. I will briefly present these entitlements, and explain why they can’t justify our refusal to help and aid in famine relief.

Peter Singer argues, in “Famine, Affluence, and Morality,” for a demanding account of what we owe to others around the globe. Singer asserts that people from the more developed countries have the responsibility of helping to reduce problems of poverty and famine in the poorer countries. He argues that if it is within our capacity to stop a bad occurrence, without having to give up anything that is of equal moral imperative, then we ought to do it. According to Singer, if we witness a drowning baby, we ought to help the drowning baby even if it meant that we would have to get our clothes dirty because getting our clothes dirty, which is the sacrifice that we have to make, is of less moral importance compared to the life of an infant. Singer bases his argument on the assumption that suffering and death from lack of food, shelter and medical care

As poverty is constantly overlooked the United Nations instructed

In this paper I will defend John Arthur’s argument of entitlement and desert against Peter Singer’s theory of our duty to the global poor. We as privileged citizens, living in a prosperous country, do have some responsibility to help the tens of thousands of children under the age of 5 who die everyday from starvation and treatable disease. It seems natural that we as citizens of a first world country have a duty to help the global poor through charity. However that “duty” is vague and is under heavy moral debate. We as privileged citizens, living in a prosperous country, do have some responsibility to help the global poor. However, this rightful duty should not necessarily live up to the extreme and overwhelming expectations of Peter Singer. John Arthur’s argument of entitlement and desert is more realistic, logical, and more applicable to the world we live in today.

Jan Narveson 's Moral Matters plays an important, if controversial role in the field of applied ethics. Narveson 's unique, contractarian approach analyzes ideas as diverse as suicide, abortion, sexual ethics and affirmative action. Amongst the more contentious aspects of the thoughts expressed in the book is his view of global poverty. Narveson extends foundationalist, anarcho-capitalist approach to this issue; arguing that while charity is morally virtuous, there is no moral obligation on the part of the global rich or developed nation to alleviate the global poor from their precarious position. He also argues that by continuing free trade, enough economic growth will occur to relieve the global poor regardless. *This essay will elaborate on Narveson 's position on global povery and criticize said position in the following aspects; *it 's counter intuitiveness*, *descent into skepticism or relativism* and a failure to account for the interconnectivity found in global financial institutions, *capitalism* and climate change.

Peter Singer discusses that we have extensive responsibilities to the people of the world who are in poverty, nonetheless he wants you to recognise that we can encounter these responsibilities without altogether losing our worldly materialistic properties. He starts his rationalisation by emphasizing the realities which blatantly distinguish between our way of life and those who struggle to meet their "basic human needs for adequate food, water, shelter, clothing, sanitation, health care or education" (2011: 191). This is a strong and unbiased approach that makes even the most agreeable objections ethically inadequate. In relation to describing the ‘us’ in Singer’s argument it is vital to remember his collocation of absolute and absolute poverty.

When it comes to creating a global economic order the goal is for there to be an order in which there is no poverty. Without the presence of global poverty then this is a sign that the general framework may be working. In chapter nine of the Global Justice: A Cosmopolitan Account Brock addresses the Global Economic Order and Global Justice. Within the Global Economic Order she addresses multiple questions, but the main questions she seeks to answer is the current global economic order conducive to creating a global order that is viable and alleviates the poverty in the world? In todays’ society there is a belief that ‘free trade’ or removing barriers to trade such as subsidies to domestic and import tariff. In essence opening up the economy

Within “Famine, Affluence, and Morality” Peter Singer delves into the topic of famine; specifically, the moral obligations individuals in affluent countries have to those who are suffering. In his example, Singer focuses on the population of East Bengal, and their struggle with famine and extreme poverty. Singer proposes that with enough aid from both individuals and various governments extreme poverty can be eradicated. Therefore, the question he presents is why poor people are dying while affluent people are spending excess money on luxuries? Singer argues that affluent people, living in affluent countries, are not helping developing countries by failing to give enough to alleviate extreme poverty.

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

Global economic justice will produce the best possible economic outcomes for all inhabitants of our planet. The U.S and other developed nations should share resources with poor nations. Through a framework of common economic goals and open borders, global suffering will decrease and world peace will begin to take shape. Indeed, the U.S and other developed nations have a moral obligation to decrease global economic hardships, since the adequate resources are available.

Nowadays, the process of globalization strengthens the connections between numerous countries across the world, and enables people living in developed countries to help those who are experiencing famine, deaths and diseases in poor countries. However, the moral necessity of doing so has been controversial in human’s society for years. One philosopher named Peter Singer gives his opinion in the article “Famine, Affluence, and Morality”, and presents a powerful argument supporting his claim. In this essay, I will explain his conclusion and main argument, propose one objection to his argument, and evaluate the validity of my objection by considering possible response that Peter Singer would make to my objection.

The problem of poverty has always plagued the world, including developed countries, such as America. It is one of the main reasons that less developed countries have difficulty developing at the pace of other countries. Many different actions can cause poverty. Most people have different opinions on why poverty still exists. “Nearly equal portions of the public in advanced, emerging, and developing countries, cite the gap between the rich and the poor as a very big problem. And notably, it is the leading economic concern in the eyes of people in major economies such as China and Germany, at 42 and 39 percent, respectively, according to the new Pew Research survey. A global median of 29 percent say their government’s actions are to blame for inequality, making it the leading cause cited. People in advanced economies, in particular, believe that their governments are responsible for the rich getting richer and equally culpable for the poor becoming relatively poorer. A median of 32 percent in those nations blame government, three times the percentage that cite the failings of their educational system and double the share who blame their tax system” (Stokes). Some people that are wealthy are also greedy. Although they control a large amount of wealth, they are unwilling to share it. Although it should not be the responsibility of wealthy people to support people in poverty, it would be helpful to the advancement of society. Another contributing reason that poverty exists is

Unfortunately, it was estimated that roughly 1.2 billion people in 1993 lived in extreme or absolute poverty, that which Robert McNamara regards “‘a condition of life so characterized by malnutrition, illiteracy, disease, squalid surroundings, high infant mortality and low life expectancy as to be beneath any reasonable standard of human dignity’” (Singer 219, 220). These estimates can be projected at nearly 2 billion today. A large majority of the people living in absolute poverty resides in underdeveloped countries. Among the nearly 4.4 billion people in these countries, “3/5 lives in societies lacking basic sanitation; 1/3 go without safe drinking water; 1/4 lack adequate housing; 1/5 are undernourished, and 1.3 billion live on less than $1 a day” (Speth 1).

     Imagine living in a community where every minute of everyday you were hungry, underclothed, and at risk for death because you are poor. Now imagine waking up and your biggest problem was which sweater to wear with which jeans. Both are scenarios that occur on a daily basis in our countries, some more extreme than others are. With that in mind a question of whether or not rich nations have an obligation to help those nations if need arises. Professor of philosophy Peter Singer and biologist Garrett Hardin both have very different opinions on this matter and the following paper will focus on their arguments.

Lack of development in countries in the so-called `Third World' has many political and economical reasons. Historians explain the inadequacy of developing countries with the early imperialism and the resulting colonization of the South. Exploitation of mineral resources, deforestation, slavery, and the adaptation of foreign policies shaped the picture of today's suffering and struggling civilizations and natural rich continents. The omission of concessions and equal negotiations between dependency and supremacy give rise to the contrast of enormous resources and immense poverty in developing countries is. In the last years the outcry of justice and the emancipation of the Third World became louder throughout developing and industrialized