The Singer Solution To World Poverty Summary

College debt due to high tuition is a familiar threat to many young adults in America. Extreme costs of tuition create a huge barricade for lower class families to climb when attempting to send family members to college in pursuit of education. However, upper class families experience no trouble with paying thousands of dollars in tuition, and could even afford to pay the tuitions of others. While it may be difficult to organize a system that properly distributes the prices of college, having tuitions proportional to income will increase availability of education and create a caring society. In creating a system such as this, many moral and logistical problems come forth. In “The Singer Solution to World Poverty” the author questions how much should someone who is fortunate have to sacrifice to help someone less fortunate, and if they truly have to
This concept could be integrated with the previously mentioned lifeboat analogy. As people become better educated, their opportunities for success grow, and they create their own abilities to enter the “lifeboat” mentioned without others sacrificing their resources. Instead of people switching places on this lifeboat, with a system like this, the lifeboat gets bigger. By educating a larger portion of the population, the overall communities are able to grow, allowing everyone a chance to prosper. Providing education to the less fortunate will open doors to opportunities that help them bridge the gap between rich and poor. This was explored in Andrew Carnegie's extended essay, “The Gospel of Wealth” where the best minds will reach a stage where they will join hands. By closing the gap between the wealthy and poor, society has a whole has more opportunity to improve itself. All people will have the education and ability to become their best selves and take steps towards what is best for their