Lexis Sandoval Professor Fish PHIL 110 12 May 2024 Renowned ethicist Peter Singer makes a strong case for moral obligation to reduce life-threatening poverty on a global scale. He bases his entire argument on a straightforward but fundamental principle: if we can stop something horrible from happening without giving up anything equally important from a moral standpoint‚ we ought to do so. Singer claims that this principle is generally applicable‚ overcoming emotional and physical barriers as well
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Peter Singer’s essay was written in 1972. It has been 45 years‚ and yet famines are still an unfortunate reality. In fact‚ we are currently witnessing another mass-starvation event in South Sudan‚ where‚ according to the U.N.‚ “the greatest humanitarian crisis since 1945 is unfolding.” (CITE). And there are warnings of imminent famines in Yemen and Nigeria. Singer’s unwavering belief that our moral consciousness would save humanity obviously did not work out. EDIT. However‚ Singer does briefly entertain
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Monsters Born Through Salvation Beauty isn’t always measured by the clothes one wears or how bright their smile is‚ but instead‚ beauty is portrayed through the goodness of one’s heart. Similarly‚ a good dead isn’t measured by the size of the deed‚ but by the amount of love people have for the person in spite of the cost of the good deed. Sometimes the consequence of breaking something are consoled by a friend‚ and sometimes the reward for being associated with saving a life is a tea party with
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Peter S. Goodman builds his argument essay by giving prior knowledge and also other knowledge on the topic of international news. His dipiction of us loosing our fellow foreign newscasters is tremoundsly terrible‚ by the fact that we are at war in their countries. He uses many different ways to persuade his audience on the importance of international news. Goodman begins his organization process by giving facts on the importance of news from foreign countries. He describes the importance of having
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How Blau?s Exchange Theory is Applied to Both Levels of Sociological Theory The endeavor of shifting a micro-sociological theory into the realm of a macro-sociological view of society requires ambition‚ empirical evidence‚ and clarity. Peter Blau makes this attempt in his essential work‚ ?Exchange and Power in Social Life.? Blau manages to accomplish the three requirements for such a task with the exception clarity. This writing hopes to fill this void of clarity with the following explanation of
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credibility to his essay‚ but he also got your attention. By getting your attention I mean that people always look when you see an expert anywhere. People stop to listen to them think about it and then judge them. Singer brings in Jeremy Bentham‚ he is a moral philosopher. Bentham says “The question is not‚ Can they reason? nor Can they talk? but‚ Can they suffer?” When he uses Bentham he ensnares your attention and you can’t wait to see what he thinks. Singer then brings in Michael Peters saying “…basic
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books “Lord of the Flies” by William Golding‚ and “Peter Pan” by J.M. Barrie‚ have similar characteristics that will be compared and contrasted in this paper. “Lord of the Flies” takes place on a deserted island where about 20 British boys have crashed during World War II. Peter Pan‚ dissimilarly‚ tells the tale of a boy who doesn’t want to grow up and lives on the magical island of Neverland with the Lost Boys. Both Lord of the Flies and Peter Pan have common themes‚ symbols‚ and characters‚ but
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Acts 10 - Cornelius‚ Peter‚ and the Conversion of Gentiles (1-2) At Caesarea there was a man named Cornelius who was a centurion also known as the Italian Regiment All his family was devout and worshiped God and gave generously to those in needs. (3-6) About three in the afternoon he sees an angel of God who told him to meet Simon Peter in Joppa with Simon the Tanner (7-8) He sends 2 servants and a devout soldier to bring Simon Peter who is in Joppa. He tells everyone what had happened.
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Peter had returned from his journey through Europe‚ but Something troubled the tsar. The country he had left now seemed to the tsar not fitting to his persona and to the day and age. He felt that the people‚ ideas‚ religion‚ education‚ and government where all centered around ancients teaching. No place or person wanted to modernize or become better ‚ to become like the people he had meet in his travels. Peters Russia sadly was to old and stuck in her ways‚ she was not even close enough to the
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