people have been searching for a solution to combat poverty; one person‚ Peter Singer‚ believes his argument for prosperous people to donate whatever money they are spending on luxuries would give much needed aid to people lacking food and medicine. While having prosperous people donate their money to organizations would help provide necessities to people around the world‚ Singer fails to realize that asking people to donate all of their extra money is not as simple as it sounds. Adopting Singer’s
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newest technology or the best brand of electronics rather than helping out a person by just giving them a simple smile. Money is spent on things that are not worth spending that may be useful for another occasion. In the text‚ “The Singer Solution to World Poverty‚” Peter Singer persuades the readers on how many will have the opportunity to help out a charity and donate money‚ but people will not take the chance or time to do it. In the other text “On Dumpster Diving” Lars Eighner informs the readers when
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My Outlook on Peter Singer’s Article: “Famine‚ Affluence‚ and Morality” Amanda Ponshock PHI 208 Ethics and Moral Reasoning Instructor: Rachel Howell August 05‚ 2013 In his Peter Singer’s article‚ “Famine‚ Affluence and Morality”‚ he speaks of how he looks at ways one might think about charity and famine relief. Not everyone has accepted his general idea of how a person should act in these situations. I myself only agree with his views at a certain level. I believe that everyone should help
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In his article on famine‚ affluence‚ and morality‚ morally Peter Singer states that people who live in rich countries are morally obligated to ease the burden of famine and overpopulation for poorer countries. Singer states that rich countries can alleviate unnecessary suffering and death in poor countries by giving famine relief‚ and at the cost of a “morally insignificant” lessening of standard of living for the rich country. Singer also notes that this giving of famine relief should not only occur
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The controversial Ashley treatment to stop the growth of disabled children raised a lot of questions back in 2012. A good number of patients already implemented the treatment before it became public. Following this‚ Peter Singer wrote an article to criticize the legitimacy of the treatment. His essay‚ “The ’unnatural’ Ashley treatment can be right for profoundly disabled children‚” was meant to criticize the integrity of the treatment. His particular concern was the feelings of the children towards
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In his work called “Famine‚ Affluence‚ and Morality” Peter Singer raises the theme of morality in the modern fast-changing world by addressing socio-economic problems of East Bengal. According to Singer’s main argument‚ there is no justification to richer nations for not helping the countries such as Bangladesh. Generally‚ I agree with the statement provided. It is well-known that dying from famine is bad‚ wherever you live and with whatever social‚ economic and political problems you are facing
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In Peter Singer’s “The Singer Solution to World Poverty”‚ Singer claims that the rich taste of people with money is starving children around the world. He also believes that if human beings have it to give‚ why don’t we give more to the people who have less. So‚ according to Singer‚ a possible solution to world poverty is for Americans to donate all extra income‚ which is not necessary for everyday living‚ to organizations that provide aid to other poor areas of the world. If more people donated
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Matt Magpantay Comp 110-2 Professor Cathy Miller October 14‚ 2011 Save the Poor‚ Condemn the Earth Manila is a pollution-ridden metropolis. The dissipated smog‚ contributed by diesel run cars‚ masks the sky‚ forcing all sorts of chemicals down the lungs. Garbage is all around‚ and a seemingly abundant river has been filled to its deepest depths with it. Along with the putrid smells‚ come the pitiful sights of slums where there hundreds of thousands of people reside. They inhabit shanties comprised
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In one of Peter Singer’s arguments defending animals rights he counter argues against Thomas Taylor a philosopher who wrote A Vindication of the Rights of Brutes which was a counterargument against Mary Wollstonecraft (Singer‚ 1). In Singer’s reply to Taylor he says that one might reply by saying the case for equality between men and women cannot be given to non-human animals (Singer‚ 2). To summarize this argument‚ Singer says that women are just as intelligent and capable of voting as men so they
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Roger Scruton and Peter Singer are two philosophers who have very different theories on animal rights and the relationships we have with them. I found points in both Scruton and Singer’s opinion that I agreed with‚ yet neither of them felt completely true to me. Singer speaks of an overall equality between beings based on their potential to feel and suffer‚ rather than cognitive ability. This theory prohibits any slaughter or consumption of animals. Scruton offers the notion of the many different
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