"Famine‚ Affluence‚ and Morality" In "Famine‚ Affluence‚ and Morality‚" Peter Singer is trying to argue that "the way people in relatively affluent countries react to a situation cannot be justified; indeed‚ our moral conceptual scheme needs to be altered and with it‚ the way of life that has come to be taken for granted in our society"(Singer 230). Peter Singer provides striking examples to show the reader how realistic his arguments are. In this paper‚ I will briefly give a summary of
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According to the book Global Health 101‚ Malnutrition is various forms of poor nutrition. Underweight or stunting and overweight‚ as well as micronutrient deficiencies‚ are forms of malnutrition (Skolnik‚ 2016). In Sierra Leone‚ there are children who are suffering from malnutrition because they are not receiving the vitamins they need to be healthy. Without micronutrients‚ many children suffer from stunted growth and development or end up dying from diseases that their bodies should be able to fight
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Although the Vietnamese people called themselves as an equal and modern country the barrier between poor people and rich people still exist. One of the most horrible nightmares that haunted many of the Vietnamese citizens was the famine in 1945. It is said that millions of people starved to death during this period and to fight hunger‚ poor people had to consume everything they could find. The inequality in how people get paid and the inequality in the society itself that prevent people from working
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defines malnutrition as “the cellular imbalance between supply of nutrients and energy and the body’s demand for them to ensure growth‚ maintenance‚ and specific functions.” Women and children less than five years are the most adversely affected groups‚ malnutrition is globally the most important risk factor for illness and death‚ contributing to more than half of deaths in children worldwide; child malnutrition was associated with 54% of deaths in children in developing countries. Malnutrition causes
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Death by Hunger Today‚ the pain from millions of citizens starving to death in the 1930’s under a forced famine dominates the collective minds of Ukrainians. The Holodomor‚ or the Ukrainian Famine‚ was a man-made famine created by Joseph Stalin‚ leader of the Soviet Union from 1922-1952. The famine lasted from 1932 to 1933 and seven to ten million deaths were reported. It was forced because Stalin wanted to undermine the nationalistic pride of the Ukrainians who were resisting the collectivization
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Overpopulation Overpopulation is a natural hazard we must all do something about. Not only is it destroying our natural habitat and ecosystem‚ it is also affecting every animal below us down the food chain. Besides the loss of biodiversity in our environment and the negative effects on our animal and plant life‚ overpopulating the Earth is severely cutting into our food supply. More and more people are going hungry every day due to our rising birth rates and the advancement in medical care for
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PHI 240 HE 1 Famine‚ Affluence‚ and Morality by Peter Singer The Elements of Reason #8 1. Use two or three sentences to state the main purpose or argument in this article. In other words‚ what is the argument the author is making? (This should be a specific argument. We all know that the authors are writing about morality and ethics.) The main purpose or argument in this article is that Peter Singer
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2. A total of about 25 skiers plunged from a malfunctioning ski lift at a resort in Western Virginia on Saturday morning‚ February 20th. According to authorities‚ two people were injured as a result. The more than two dozen people fell 30 feet from the lift at Timberline Resort in Davis when it was halted by a mechanical failure‚ as reported by Joe Stevens‚ a spokesman for the West Virginia Ski Areas Association. Also‚ around 100 more people were left stranded on the lift for nearly two hours before
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and Global Justice Reader (103-126). Boulder‚ CO: Westview Press. Lillehammer‚ H. (2011). Consequentialism and global ethics. In M. Boylan (Ed.)‚ The Morality and Global Justice Reader (89-102). Boulder‚ CO: Westview Press. Singer‚ P. (1972). Famine‚ affluence‚ and morality. Philosophy and Public Affairs‚ 1(1)‚ 229-243.
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more than just the result of food production and meeting demands. The causes of hunger are related to the causes of poverty. One of the major causes of hunger is poverty itself. The Food and Agriculture Organization maintains that the world’s agriculture produces enough food to provide every person with at least 2‚720 kilocalories every day for the world’s population (Eitzen‚ Zinn‚ Smith‚ 2011 pg.68). Problems of hunger‚ malnutrition and disease affect the poorest in society. Even though the world’s
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