Who Would I Have My Own Children?

Most people including my present self cannot deny the fact that naturally, it is hard not to favor your own family and friends over other people. As much as I may have sympathy towards a person who is homeless and begging me for money, I would be a lot more involved in helping them if they were, for instance, my younger brother rather than a random stranger. Throughout my life, I have always been protective of my younger brother, similar to how a parent would be towards their child. To be specific, I feel that if I were to have my own children, my overprotective and caring ways would only intensify. Considering this, although I am extremely sympathetic to all people around me my children will ultimately be my first priority.

I do not believe
For instance Rachels exclaims, “It is reasonable to accept a social arrangement in which parents are assigned special responsibility for their own children because parents are better situated to look after their own” (171). Rachels also mentions “day-to-day care” (172) inferring that parents are able to provide an everyday type of care for there child but are not obligated, or naturally able, to provide other children the same type of care they give to their own. She suggests that parents should maintain a certain level of preferential bias so that “parents could continue to provide loving day-to-day care for their children while giving them preferential treatment in the provision of life necessities, while also being able to “provide the necessities of needier children, rather than luxuries for their own” (176). While I agree with Rachel and want to follow this philosophy, I also need to remind my future self that I should not deny all luxuries from my children because as much as I try to do for others and not provide extra for my own kids, I can not possibly save