Lexis Sandoval Professor Fish PHIL 110 12 May 2024 Renowned ethicist Peter Singer makes a strong case for moral obligation to reduce life-threatening poverty on a global scale. He bases his entire argument on a straightforward but fundamental principle: if we can stop something horrible from happening without giving up anything equally important from a moral standpoint‚ we ought to do so. Singer claims that this principle is generally applicable‚ overcoming emotional and physical barriers as well
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Critical Response Why do Immigrants Admire America? The story‚ “Becoming American” by Dinesh D’Souza is about why America is so engaging to immigrants. D’Souza shares his story of when he moved from Bombay‚ India to America. After reading the story‚ I found it fascinating that immigrants were very interested in America. According to the story‚ children carry heavy amounts of stones and the women carry heavy loads to their destination in the villages of Africa and Asia. Everyday these people
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Peter Singer‚ believes that people who are wealthy‚ and live a luxurious lifestyle should donate their money to overseas aid organizations‚ and although Singer believes “the formula is simple”‚ I disagree. When Singer states that giving away money is an easy thing task‚ I believe that even for the prosperous it is not. Not for the fact that they don’t have the money‚ but for the fact that the need for food and medicine is far too great‚ and dispersed around the world that not everyone would receive
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Bob. Singer effectively argued the ethical distinction of right and wrong between the acts of Dora who sold a child to organ peddler but later realized and corrected her action‚ with the action of Bob‚ who chose to save a valuable old car than the life of a child. Using the two situations both supports different moral judgment and use reader’s emotions to act on saving lives of children by donating money to charitable organizations. 2. Yes‚ the author was able to persuade me to think that I also
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from performing on the streets to be the most successful blues singer in her era. Her music and life is filled with sex and violence and while many blues singers have come and gone‚ very few ever made such an impact with such a short career as she did. In 1923 her first recordings‚ “Down Hearted Blues” and “Gulf Coast Blues” became a huge success‚ selling more than 10 million copies turning Bessie Smith into the most successful blues singer of the era. She performed and sang her way out of poverty
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“The Singer Solution to World Poverty” Singer begins his essay by describing two scenarios. The first scenario is about Dora. She was told she could make $1‚000 if she brought a homeless boy to an address. With the money she made she bought herself a television. Later on she was told the boy would be killed and his organs sold. Dora knows that what will happen to the boy is wrong and goes to get the boy back. The next scenario is about Bob. Bob is going to retire soon and invested the majority of
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What do you think about the Singer article? Do you think he’s right? Are we really morally obligated to give to relief efforts and other means of ending suffering until the point at which we would be giving up something of comparable moral worth? Why or why not? I think Singer has hit the nail on the head. Charity‚ or as he calls it‚ duty must be something to which everyone commits. Reading the article echoed what my mother used to say at the dinner table‚ "You know people in Africa would
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“The Singer Solution to World Poverty” Summary/Response Melbourne‚ Australia native‚ Peter Singer‚ was born in 1946. Today‚ singer is known as one of the most controversial philosophers. Singer has taught at campuses such as Princeton‚ the University of Colorado and the University of California. Singer has had a long career as an animal rights activist and currently is a professor of Bioethics at Princeton University. Singer also writes books and was published in The New York Times. In Singers
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Affluence‚ and Morality‚” written by Peter Singer‚ Singer’s goal is to convince people that our decisions and actions can prevent other countries from suffering. He suggests that people should do what is morally right by contributing financially to aid those who are starving‚ rather than purchasing “wants” for those who can afford it. Singer argues his position‚ provides counter-arguments‚ and explains his concepts for aiding countries in need. Singer argues that people have not given enough in
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Analysis In his article “Famine‚ Affluence‚ and Morality‚” Peter Singer outlines his argument for helping those in need in the global community. His main argument is that humans can stop suffering based on our moral decisions.1 Singer calls for the definition of ‘charity’ in our society to have moral implications. People should give governmental and privately. all need to give to charity and all at the same time. Peter Singer immediately encourages acceptance of his first moral standpoint with
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