In Peter Singer’s “Famine‚ Affluence‚ and Morality‚” he argues that when people abroad are suffering or dying from lack of food‚ shelter or medicine‚ it is wrong for people here to spend money on morally unimportant things rather than giving money to help (Hughes). This means that we have a moral obligation to do what we can to alleviate the stress of poverty abroad if it does not do any harm to us helping them. If we are able to benefit people abroad‚ we should do so. Food‚ shelter‚ and quality
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Peter Singer’s Article on “Famine‚ Affluence and Morality” Barbara Shinualt PHI 208: Ethics and Moral Reasoning Instructor Daniel Beteta March 25‚ 2013 In his article‚ “Famine‚ Affluence and Morality”‚ philosopher Peter Singer observes that that there are millions of people around the world who are leading misery lives and suffering death‚ because of famine ‚ war‚ lack of shelter‚ and adequate medical care. He states that although rich nations have contributed great sums of money for these
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Jenny Pierce Prof. Duffy ENC 1101 1/25/2010 Famine‚ Affluence‚ and Morality In his article “Famine‚ Affluence‚ and Morality“‚ Peter Singer says that humans have an obligation to the poor and starving; based on the assumption that suffering and starvation is bad. The assumption‚ that there is something morally wrong with having human beings starved to death should make one question whether they have a duty to the poor. Peter examines whether an affluent society like ours has any moral
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A Review of Peter Singer ’s Famine‚ Affluence and Morality PHI 208: Ethics and Moral Reasoning 8 July 2013 Singer ’s goal in the article Famine‚ Affluence and Morality is to try and get people to understand their moral obligation to help those in need. He uses a refugee camp as an example that people are starving to death. But when you look at the article as a whole‚ he is trying to show an even bigger picture. There are people suffering all over the world
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issue of moral obligations towards the global poor has always been a contentious affair to be discussed for fear of problematic resolutions that may affect academia on a personal level. Peter Singer‚ most notable for his authorship of “Famine‚ Affluence‚ and Morality” and the drowning child analogy‚ presents the rather uncommon normative view that affluent persons are morally obligated to donate more resources to humanitarian causes than the present standard. Singer’s perspective on these seemingly
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In "Famine‚ Affluence‚ and Morality" Peter Singer argues that affluent individuals‚ in fact‚ almost all of us are living deeply immoral lives by not contributing to the relief and prevention of famine. The causes of famine are various and include human wrongdoing‚ but this doesn’t matter‚ according to Singer. What matters is that each of us can minimize the effects of the famines that are now occurring and can take steps to prevent those that might occur. As we go about our daily business‚ living
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Famine‚ Affluence‚ and Morality Peter Singer Philosophy and Public Affairs‚ Vol. 1‚ No. 3. (Spring‚ 1972)‚ pp. 229-243. Stable URL: http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0048-3915%28197221%291%3A3%3C229%3AFAAM%3E2.0.CO%3B2-3 Philosophy and Public Affairs is currently published by Princeton University Press. Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of JSTOR’s Terms and Conditions of Use‚ available at http://www.jstor.org/about/terms.html. JSTOR’s Terms and Conditions of Use provides
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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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CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF PETER SINGER’S “FAMINE‚ AFFLUENCE AND MORALITY” In his article “Famine‚ Affluence and Morality” Peter Singer gives a seemingly devastating critique of our ordinary ways of thinking about famine relief‚ charity‚ and morality in general. In spite of that very few people have accepted‚ or at any rate acted on‚ the conclusions he reaches. In light of these facts one might say of Singer’s arguments‚ as Hume said of Berkeley’s arguments for immaterialism‚ that “… they admit of no
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justify his position‚ without apprehension‚ yet my own moral beliefs continually combat an open-minded approach. So it is within this writing I will attempt to argue my point while meticulously examining all perspectives. In his essay: Famine‚ Affluence‚ and Morality Peter Singer seemingly try to get those refusing to aid others suffering from lack of food‚ shelter and medical care in some sort of existential crisis (Singer‚ p. 873). I am not one who shares his assessment that our only purpose in life
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