World Hunger
Jurgen Kurti
Howard Sage
English 120
11/28/2012
How could people 's selfishness towards each other lead to world hunger? Human beings are naturally evil, in a sense that humans care only for themselves and when it comes to the rest of the human population all over the world, this human would rather have them starve to death then see himself struggle. World hunger affects millions of people worldwide. It is hard to believe why world hunger still exists even when we are able to feed every single human being based on the supply of food. This has led to heated debates on whether or not human’s selfishness and unwillingness to help out each other has made us naturally evil. For example, every day people living in developed countries throw away food which could have been devoured in a matter of seconds by people living in countries where hunger is a major issue. Even though the idea of humans being naturally evil is debatable, what is not debatable is the fact that every day that passes, countless lives are lost because of the lack of food and water supply. World hunger is a threat to the future of mankind and needs to be placed number one on the lists of problems that need to be solved in order to secure the well being of our future generations. In 2006, Frederic Mousseau and Anuradha Mittal wrote an article called Food Sovereignty: Ending World Hunger in Our Time. The article depicts the statistics of world hunger and how the process of helping others survive is turned into a profitable business. According to the article, a child around the world dies every thirty seconds because of hunger. However, food should not be scarce in a world like today. In fact, as Frederic Mousseau and Anuradha Mittal wrote:
Abundance best describes the world 's food supply. World agriculture produces 17 percent more calories per person today than it did thirty years ago, despite a 70 percent population increase. This is enough food to provide every person worldwide with at
Howard Sage
English 120
11/28/2012
How could people 's selfishness towards each other lead to world hunger? Human beings are naturally evil, in a sense that humans care only for themselves and when it comes to the rest of the human population all over the world, this human would rather have them starve to death then see himself struggle. World hunger affects millions of people worldwide. It is hard to believe why world hunger still exists even when we are able to feed every single human being based on the supply of food. This has led to heated debates on whether or not human’s selfishness and unwillingness to help out each other has made us naturally evil. For example, every day people living in developed countries throw away food which could have been devoured in a matter of seconds by people living in countries where hunger is a major issue. Even though the idea of humans being naturally evil is debatable, what is not debatable is the fact that every day that passes, countless lives are lost because of the lack of food and water supply. World hunger is a threat to the future of mankind and needs to be placed number one on the lists of problems that need to be solved in order to secure the well being of our future generations. In 2006, Frederic Mousseau and Anuradha Mittal wrote an article called Food Sovereignty: Ending World Hunger in Our Time. The article depicts the statistics of world hunger and how the process of helping others survive is turned into a profitable business. According to the article, a child around the world dies every thirty seconds because of hunger. However, food should not be scarce in a world like today. In fact, as Frederic Mousseau and Anuradha Mittal wrote:
Abundance best describes the world 's food supply. World agriculture produces 17 percent more calories per person today than it did thirty years ago, despite a 70 percent population increase. This is enough food to provide every person worldwide with at
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