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    Mar 5 2015 Ron Hunter Philosophy 101 Professor Andrew Sergienko I chose to do topic two which is to Critically assess Singer’s argument regarding our moral obligations to those suffering from famine:‚ I will discuss the three premises and the conclusion of this argument. I will explain why I either support or chose not to support this argument in my conclusion Singer is a Utilitarian a who believes that the value of a thing depends on its utility‚ so Singer believes that everything

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    World War II from the viewpoint and experiences of a Japanese survivor (Akiyuki Nosaka). The movie is about Seita‚ a sixteen years old boy‚ and Setsuko‚ his younger sister‚ and how they were forced to struggle in order to survive in the widespread famine and the heartless indifference of their extended family members and countrymen. Their mother died early in movie‚ after suffering burns and injuries from a firebombing related to the US B-29s and they were forced to live with their indifferent—inattentive

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    the world and it was affected by overpopulation. Since 1970s‚ we implemented a one child only in a family policy to help control the population growing fast. In our history‚ we have three years of natural disasters it also called the great Chinese famine. At that time there doesn’t have enough food to feed the lots population‚ and lots people were dead by the hunger. Today‚ we have the modernized food production and farming techniques which let us can

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    Charity - First Paragraph World Hunger must come to a end‚ and the charity Feed the Children is the only way that is going to happen. Feed the Children has been around every since the 1980’s. Feed the Children is an organization that exists to end childhood hunger. It is outrageous that children are left hungry and thirsty at night while Americans are going to bed full and not thirsty. There are many ways to stop world hunger around the world. We can donate‚ volunteer and fundraise to help Feed

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    wished. To eat‚ to indulge – To indulge‚ perchance to satisfy the soul. Ay‚ there’s the rub‚ For in that surrender to food what regrets may come‚ When we have given in to a few mouthfuls of delicious freedom‚ Feed guilty desire to end the body’s famine. There’s the respect That makes calamity of so long life. For who would bear the whips and scorns of starvation‚ [...] Thus conscience does make us slaves of society’s ideals‚ And thus prevents us all from sacrificing weight for such brief pleasures

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    lacking food‚ clothing‚ shelter‚ health‚ and education and they also don’t have much water. One other reason why rich countries should help poor countries is because for example lets take Somalia people are unable to meet basic food requirements. Famine and disease have spread so much that it’s cause about one million deaths.Also due to the roads damage people can’t get assistance when in need it makes it very

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    Dwayne Sinclair 1 Taking Sides paper Prof John Dunn History 1111 02/26/2012 THE FALL OF MAYA CIVILIZATION DUE TO ENVIROMENTAL FACTORS. The collapse of the Maya civilization was a result of environmental factors which eventually led to warfare as a way of coming up with solutions to avoid the inevitable collapse of this civilization. Environmental factors like over population‚ agricultural scarcities‚ disease‚

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    would increase at a faster rate than the food supply. A point would come when human population would reach the limit up to which food resources could support it. Any further increase would lead to population crash caused by natural phenomena like famine and disease. According to Malthus the only check on population growth was “misery and vice”.

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    The rate of poverty is constantly inclining. Huge gaps between the rich and the poor because people care only about themselves and do not worry about the problems of others. For example of this is ‚ while a child suffers in Africa from drought‚ famine and poverty‚ the daughter of a wealthy family in Europe is very worried about which dress she will wear to her next party and the dress has to be more expensive than the one of her friends. People can turn unimportant things like these into the most

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    double cropping. This allows for two crop seasons a year. The only problem with this is that there would have to be two monsoons‚ on natural and the other “artificial.” India‚ which has found more efficient sources of food after their infamous Bengal Famine‚ has been one of the first countries to take an initiative in the green revolution. By using genetics to create HYVs‚ or High Yield Value seeds‚ they have been able to claim foreign acclaim and produce crops with increased viability. Agriculture

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