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    Helping the poor! The point of helping someone in need is that the person who you helped could now be living the life always telling others about you‚ praising you‚ but for example if you haven’t helped out a person in need he or she will be living a life of terror. They won’t have money‚ food‚ and a family. That’s why I think it’s important to keep care of others! But to be honest‚ would it really kill you to donate a low amount of money a month. A fifty riyals a month to any charity helps‚ it

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    Christianity and Helping the Poor In Deuteronomy 15.11‚ God says to the Israelites‚ "I command you to be open handed toward your brothers and toward the poor and needy in your land." (New International Version) God commanded the Israelites to help the poor and intended for Christians to take this as an example and follow it. The Israelites were God’s people in the Old Testament and Christians‚ including those from Israel‚ are God’s people. As this is read from the Bible‚ all that is thought of is

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    sacrificing anything morally significant‚ we ought‚ morally‚ to do it.” Peter singer is an Australian philosopher and would say we have a duty to help the global poor. Many people have more than enough money to make small donations but don’t even though it would not affect them at all. Lots of people are selfish and lazy and don’t think to help the poor even though some philosophers would claim we are responsible for their poverty. Others believe that if they donate most of their money won’t help so they

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    The increase in the number of population in poor countries is much higher than in rich countries over a given period of time. This means that while the population of poor countries is expanding massively‚ the proportion of rich countries consistently diminishes. Hardin presents the idea of "The Tragedy of The Commons’’ and clarifies it as a negative impact

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    to the population of the poor‚ Hardin uses a lifeboat for better understanding of the situation. “Metaphorically each nation can be seen as a lifeboat‚ full of comparatively rich people. In the ocean outside each lifeboat swim the poor of the world‚ who would like to get in or at least share some of the wealth” (415). This metaphor explains to the people that there are people out in the world that need help. People that are on the verge of dying‚ all they need is a helping hand for their survival

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    Ethics: The Case Against Helping the Poor” by Garrett Hardin and “A Modest Proposal” by Jonathan Swift. Hardin’s view of civilization and the world‚ although harsh‚ has facts that could help improve the issues. Even though Swift’s opinion has personal perspective‚ it isn’t very realistic. OVERPOPULATION All over the world overpopulation is an issue. Poverty is thought to be a main influence. Although Swift does not state much on the issue of

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    side by side in ethical dilemma‚ and what will we choose the side opposite with normal people’s choice? The particular dilemma‚ I need to thoughtful to choose the proper way‚ this is choice side by side. In “Lifeboat Ethics: the Case Against Helping the Poor”‚ I think this is the thesis‚ “Metaphorically each rich nation can be seen as a lifeboat full of

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    Growing up in poverty has many disadvantages‚ especially when there is racial lack of balance. There are areas where people still hold a standard idea of certain races‚ such as African Americans‚ Latinos‚ Asian Americans‚ and Native Americans. William Julius Wilson‚ author of the book More than Just Race: Being Black and Poor in the Inner City addresses personal encounters with certain people looking down on him for his skin color. This leads Wilson to communicate to those who feel downgraded by

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    A Review on Lifeboat ethics: the case against helping the poor Lifeboat ethics: the case against helping the poor is a famous essay written by Garret Hardin‚ a human ecologist in 1974. This article aims to re-examine the lifeboat ethics which was developed by the author to support his controversial proposal. In the theory‚ the world is compared to a lifeboat with a carrying capacity of 60. There are totally 50 people on board‚ representing comparatively rich nations‚ while the 100 others swimming

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    In his article “Lifeboat Ethics: the Case Against Helping Poor‚” Garrett Hardin argues that our planet faces the problem of overpopulation. The reproduction rate in poor countries is much higher than in rich countries. Therefore‚ while population of poor nations is increasing tremendously‚ the ratio of rich nations steadily decreases. Hardin also introduces the concept of “The Tragedy of The Commons’’ and explains it as a negative effect on consumers of common resources around the world. It has already

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