The issue of moral obligations towards the global poor has always been a contentious affair to be discussed for fear of problematic resolutions that may affect academia on a personal level. Peter Singer‚ most notable for his authorship of “Famine‚ Affluence‚ and Morality” and the drowning child analogy‚ presents the rather uncommon normative view that affluent persons are morally obligated to donate more resources to humanitarian causes than the present standard. Singer’s perspective on these seemingly
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1930’s under a forced famine dominates the collective minds of Ukrainians. The Holodomor‚ or the Ukrainian Famine‚ was a man-made famine created by Joseph Stalin‚ leader of the Soviet Union from 1922-1952. The famine lasted from 1932 to 1933 and seven to ten million deaths were reported. It was forced because Stalin wanted to undermine the nationalistic pride of the Ukrainians who were resisting the collectivization efforts of the Soviet Union. The Holodomor took a great toll mentally and physically
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A Review of Peter Singer ’s Famine‚ Affluence and Morality PHI 208: Ethics and Moral Reasoning 8 July 2013 Singer ’s goal in the article Famine‚ Affluence and Morality is to try and get people to understand their moral obligation to help those in need. He uses a refugee camp as an example that people are starving to death. But when you look at the article as a whole‚ he is trying to show an even bigger picture. There are people suffering all over the world
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The United States is considered as a land of immigrants. One of the most significant and impactful waves of immigration to the United States occurred as a result of the Irish Potato Famine. The famine occurred due to failure of Ireland’s potato crop in 1945 through 1949 (Mokyr 1). Although the famine lasted four years‚ its effects can still be seen in the United States. The influx of Irish immigrants served as the backbone of the industrializing United States and forever changed the nation. Despite
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Stalin’s Forced Famine Throughout Europe’s history‚ no attack on its own people was as grueling or as cruel to its citizens as Stalin’s forced famine. These victimized people lived on farms in the “breadbasket of Europe”‚ which was a nickname Ukraine got for its fertile land. Stalin used his authority to deprive these people of food they had grown. During this famine‚ present-day Russia identified itself as the Soviet Union and Ukraine was the Ukrainian SSR. Before Stalin’s rule‚ Ukraine had
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who frightened much to abandon their life‚ goals‚ projects and interests in order to save one’s life‚ say goodbye to righteousness. In “Famine‚ Affluence‚ and Morality”‚ also in “ the life you can save”‚ Peter Singer tries to show that we human beings have a moral obligation to give far more than we actually do for excessive and tragic situations such as famine and disaster relief. According to singer‚ Giving‚ sharing and helping the needy is more than moral happiness and inner satisfaction‚ it
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Another view is that of the article “The 1932 Harvest and the Famine of 1933” by Dr. Mark B. Tauger. Tauger is an American professor at West Virginia University‚ who has written multiple works on famines and agriculture‚ writes in his article about the famine in 1932-33. He states that the Soviets did not cause the famine on purpose‚ but that in fact the famine came about due to a combination of bad harvests in these years and bad planning by the Soviets. He does not deny that the Soviets caused
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Social policy Essay 2000 words The single most important event in the shaping of social policy in the 19th century was the great famine of 1845-1849 (Burke 1987). Discuss the impact of the famine on the Irish Poor Law and on the development of Irish social policy and after the famine. Before the Great Famine hit‚ Ireland was already one the poorest countries in Europe. Income per capita in Britain was over double what it was in Ireland (Ó Gráda‚ 1993). Despite the existence of poor laws in
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Peter Singer’s Article on “Famine‚ Affluence and Morality” Barbara Shinualt PHI 208: Ethics and Moral Reasoning Instructor Daniel Beteta March 25‚ 2013 In his article‚ “Famine‚ Affluence and Morality”‚ philosopher Peter Singer observes that that there are millions of people around the world who are leading misery lives and suffering death‚ because of famine ‚ war‚ lack of shelter‚ and adequate medical care. He states that although rich nations have contributed great sums of money for these causes
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In "Famine‚ Affluence‚ and Morality" Peter Singer argues that affluent individuals‚ in fact‚ almost all of us are living deeply immoral lives by not contributing to the relief and prevention of famine. The causes of famine are various and include human wrongdoing‚ but this doesn’t matter‚ according to Singer. What matters is that each of us can minimize the effects of the famines that are now occurring and can take steps to prevent those that might occur. As we go about our daily business‚ living
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