Moral Obligation During The Progressive Era

During the Progressive era, immigrants from all around the world had suffered tremendously because of their living condition are poor and living in poverty. Sometimes they asked help from the citizens in the U.S. According to “I am my brother’s keeper. I am under a moral obligation to him,” Eugene V. Debs, socialist who commented on unfairness of this maintains that moral obligation is a kind of human nature that everyone in the society should have. While this claim may be true in some situations, people should be able to make the decision of whether or not to help those in need. Moral obligation should be in the eyes of the giver, not justified by the needs of the needy. Back into progressive era, lots of immigrations need a job to support