countries and global organizations like the United Nations (UN) step in to give much needed aid to countries who struggle? In ‘The Life You Can Save’ by Peter Singer and ‘Domination and Destitution in an Unjust World’ by Ryoa Chung‚ both philosophers propose two different options on how we can address our obligation to the global poor.
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enjoy the types of articles and books that make me feel a sense of thrill‚ or frustration‚ or suspense. However‚ I have yet to read something to make me feel a personal guilt. That is until we read the short article by Peter Singer‚ The Life You Can Save. The philosopher‚ Peter Singer from Princeton University demonstrated different aids for controversy and boasting. But first let me start with‚ if you are one that others would call “weak”‚ why this would make you feel uncomfortable. The article begins
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The Meaning of Equality In George Orwell’s Animal Farm‚ he examines the impact of communism and the post-war anxiety of World War II. Orwell uses allegories to thoroughly explain the pain and worry following the clash between countries. He uses farm animals and a farm to represent the major events and figures in the time of Stalinism and the Soviet Union. The animals want to “get rid of man” (Orwell 30)‚ and man stands for capitalist society. Communism‚ or “Animalism” as the animals call it‚ starts
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Adam Erickson Singer’s Sticky Situation Peter Singer thinks we are too selfish with our money. In “The Singer Solution to World Poverty”‚ he proposes a solution to poverty in other countries. Singer believes that money that might otherwise be used for luxury goods should be donated to charities that help save lives in poorer countries. He believes that this decision increase overall happiness more than the purchase of a luxury good‚ like new shoes‚ would. While Singer’s argument raises an
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In Peter Singers All Animals Are Equal‚ he claims we should give the same respect the lives of non human animals as we give the lives of humans and that all animals human and non-human are in fact equal. I agree with him because there is no reason as to why animals should not get the same rights and respect as us. Animals have interest‚ when these are similar to ours‚ or their pain is on a similar level why give them less consideration. All human and animals have similar feelings such as loving something
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The Author Peter Singer mentioned a very important thing in “What Should a Billionaire Give and What should you?” that “in our world today some lives are seen as worth saving and others are not”. That made me think what kind of horrible world do we live in? The author brought up Warren Buffet‚ and Bill Gates a lot due to their generous amount of money they have donated to many different charities. As a matter of fact‚ Bill Gates came across the statistic that half of million children day every year
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Summary: The essay “The Drowning Child and the Expanding Circle” by Peter Singer is about global responsibility‚ absurd conception of success and circle of ethics. The essay begins by asking students the questions about what they do if there was a drowning child. The essay later goes into detail that we shouldn’t limited ourselves to problems within a local area and that we must be focus on problems affecting the global community. Towards the end‚ it talks about society’s want for material thing
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Peter Singer and Jim Mason have written a book entitled The Ethics of What We Eat. Pages 241-248 of this book discuss the idea of whether factory farming is ethical or not. For this short reflection paper I will discuss the ideas that they brought up about the ethics of factory farming‚ while at the same time bringing in my views of factoring farming and the ethics behind animal treatment. The first issue that they bring up is that‚ “Factory farms are designed on the principle that ‘animals are
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Riddled with numerous contradictions‚ Peter Singer’s book on effective altruism has critics and the public questioning the points he argues. In particular‚ Singer leaves a “grey area” in the way he chooses to articulate explanations and examples of effective altruism. Peter Singer’s generalization of emotional altruists‚ or “warm glowers”‚ lacks an explanation or consideration for individuals who do not fall into his categories of effective altruists who had the education‚ finances‚ or time to make
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On September 5th‚ 1999‚ Peter Singer wrote an article for the New York Times newspaper titled The Singer Solution to World Poverty. He states that residents in developed countries should donate to charitable causes aimed at reducing poverty. In the past‚ some of his works have been controversial‚ and this extends to his works on the relationship between charity and the public. He points out that it is wrong for people to enjoy their wealth and live in luxury while majority of people are suffering
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