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    In Garrett Hardin’s “Lifeboat Ethics” he explains that the world we live in is unequal and becoming increasingly poor. He tries to explain that if the poor isn’t controlled then the Earth will become overpopulated and unrestrained. I believe that Hardin’s writing of “Lifeboat Ethics” is effective and persuasive. His writing is persuasive because with every action to fix the poorness of our world he has a counter‚ Hardin uses numbers and percentages to show how the population increases of poor countries

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    article “Lifeboat Ethics: The Case Against Helping the Poor‚” using real world examples and lifeboat metaphor‚ Dr. Hardin strongly warned to developed countries that they must protect their resources and leave others to defend for themselves. He also stated that if we do not protect our resources‚ in the future‚ there will be nothing left because resources are not unlimited. Dr. Hardin began his article with describing the world as a lifeboat. He claimed that it is not fair to share our lifeboat with

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    soon becomes a reason to give. Is charity an illustration of pity? Speakers such as Slavoj Zizek emphasizes in Examined Life on citizens growth mentality concerning their selfish manner when there is more to life. While Garrett Hardin author of "Lifeboat Ethics: the Case Against Helping the Poor" informs readers on other nations covering the reasons why the wealthy countries should not help the developing nations. Drawing

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    Do onto others as you would have them do onto you‚ the golden rule Christians follow in their day to day lives. In Garrett Hardin’s “Lifeboat Ethics: The Case Against Helping the Poor” Hardin asks us to think of the world as a life boat with limited space. Many feel guilty for their spot on the life boat due to their personal views or society. “The U.S population increases .8 every year while

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    Lifeboat. As the music filled my ears with joy I could feel nothing more than the ecstasy I was in. It was as if nothing else in the world mattered. The world could end and I wouldn’t care. I could feel the beauty of the sound of Christian music in my heart it inspired me in such a way that no one else could understand ever the way i feel. I was beautiful‚ the world was beautiful‚ probably as beautiful as the way I feel. Then the world got quite‚ I got quite. This was the first time I can say I

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    damages were made. Hardin convictions that movement is another push variable of the overpopulation issue on the grounds that it permits individuals to escape from poor countries and weight the biological system of rich nations. Therefore‚ in "Lifeboat Ethics: the Case Against Helping Poor‚" Garrett Hardin recommends that our planet could be protected by taking his advices‚ or else nothing will be left for the future

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    then the weaker countries will have an opportunity to survive. Through the “lifeboat” metaphor‚ the use of logos‚ and the discovery of food bank‚ Hardin uses these key points as his argument. With regards 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

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    The classical theories of morality are Aristotle’s perspective called Nicomachean Ethics‚ the Fundamental Principles of the Metaphysics of Morals by Immanuel Kant‚ and the Theory of Utilitarianism morality by John Stuart Mill. These classical theories create the basis of morality and moral argument. Utilitarianism is an ethical theory regarding the greater good. It rationalizes; the actions a person makes in their life and says they should be directed towards achieving the greatest happiness for

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    Utilitarianism is an ethical theory coined by an English philosopher who lived during the late 1700’s name Jeremy Bentham. Bentham believed in the principle that human beings should be motivated by pain and pleasure; he said “Nature has placed mankind under the governance of two sovereign masters‚ pain and pleasure” this meant that every human being’s goal in life should be to pursue pleasure and avoid pain and that these should be defining factors of what is moral. Utilitarianism is strongly based

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    PHIL310 – Ethics Essay #2 – Theme: Core Ethical Theories The two ‘core’ ethical theories covered in class that I started to assess are the categorical imperative and utilitarianism‚ both of which offer an approach to decision making in the context of social and interpersonal relationships. In this with in depth understanding of both that Kantian ethics is much easily appreciated than the ethics of utilitarianism as Kantian ethics apply to everyone yet both ethical approaches lead to faults.

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