Moral Obligation In Eugene Deb's 'Brothers Keeper'
Moral Obligation
Eugene Debs was a socialist who spoke out during the progressive era and wrote this speech. In this excerpt of “Brothers Keeper” Eugene Debs Points out that he is under a moral obligation to help his friend because he doesn’t want to feel guilty if he doesn’t help him.
Even though his argument may be true in some cases, most of the time we don't have a moral obligation to help anyone. Debs wrote this essay during the progressive era which was a time of need for everyone. Some situations require help from others, but some situations don't need help. There are many ways one can help someone if they truly need help. Whether it be the need of food, shelter, money, or even a pair of socks.
During this time child labor was a huge profit for the factory owners because the children worked long hours with limited to no breaks and super low pay. …show more content…
Children who worked in the factories got barely any sleep, lost limbs in the machines, and had no time for childish things or things like schooling Because they had to work to support their family. John Bordley Rawls, a professor at Harvard University claims that “moral obligations do not exist”. This demonstrates we do things out of the goodness of our hearts. Sometimes people do things to where they end up in a bad spot later in life. Those are the people who don’t necessarily deserve help because they did it to themselves. But if it's a child and they are in a bad situation, because of their guardians or parents then those are kids who need help.
Eventually there comes a time when someone can relate to someone else when they're in a bad spot, and when the person that can relate, was in the same situation never got help so most people would help the other because of empathy and relation. Also nowadays young people don't do anything for the elderly or senior citizens anymore. It's not that they have to, but it's out of
Eugene Debs was a socialist who spoke out during the progressive era and wrote this speech. In this excerpt of “Brothers Keeper” Eugene Debs Points out that he is under a moral obligation to help his friend because he doesn’t want to feel guilty if he doesn’t help him.
Even though his argument may be true in some cases, most of the time we don't have a moral obligation to help anyone. Debs wrote this essay during the progressive era which was a time of need for everyone. Some situations require help from others, but some situations don't need help. There are many ways one can help someone if they truly need help. Whether it be the need of food, shelter, money, or even a pair of socks.
During this time child labor was a huge profit for the factory owners because the children worked long hours with limited to no breaks and super low pay. …show more content…
Children who worked in the factories got barely any sleep, lost limbs in the machines, and had no time for childish things or things like schooling Because they had to work to support their family. John Bordley Rawls, a professor at Harvard University claims that “moral obligations do not exist”. This demonstrates we do things out of the goodness of our hearts. Sometimes people do things to where they end up in a bad spot later in life. Those are the people who don’t necessarily deserve help because they did it to themselves. But if it's a child and they are in a bad situation, because of their guardians or parents then those are kids who need help.
Eventually there comes a time when someone can relate to someone else when they're in a bad spot, and when the person that can relate, was in the same situation never got help so most people would help the other because of empathy and relation. Also nowadays young people don't do anything for the elderly or senior citizens anymore. It's not that they have to, but it's out of