and 1961 is known as the Three Years of Great Chinese Famine. It is also referred to as ‘The Three Years of Natural Disasters’ or ‘The Difficult Three Year Period’ because China doesn’t want to admit the true cause of the disaster. (Branigan‚ 2013) Natural factors do play a major role in this disaster‚ but one questions whether the famine would have been this severe if it had taken place in a democracy. The economist Amartya Sen said for example: ‘no famine has taken place in the history of the world
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decide what should be done since we are the ones with the power to help. So my overall normative principal is: Based on the situation we should try to choose the best overall outcome‚ but it’s up to us to decide what the best outcome is. In relation to famine I think that any aid given is good‚ but we are not obligated to give it. If we can give it without moral sacrifice to ourselves‚ then yes we should do that‚ but we have the right‚ as the donator‚ to decide what to give‚ how
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HISTORY – S10 SECOND LONG PAPER The 1876-1879 and 1896-1902 famines in India and China were some of the worst famines the world had ever seen up until that point in time (Rouse Lecture). In China and India from 1876-1882‚ the estimated mortality was between 31 and 61 million (Davis 2001: 7). If the British and the Chinese governments had made simple changes in their policies regarding India and China‚ the results of the famine would not have been so catastrophic. In this paper I will analyze
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Jennifer Serrano Mrs. Altstiel World Literature June 6‚ 2018 The Holodomor: the Famine-Genocide Introduction The thought of being hungry is painful‚ but imagine what it’s like starving to death. It is estimated that over 7 million people died in Ukraine during the Holodomor‚ which was a man-made famine that began in 1932 (Babcock). Although it was clearly a genocide against Ukrainians‚ many people‚ especially Russians‚ still disagree that it is. They refuse to accept that Joseph Stalin‚ an admired
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World Problems Famine World Problems are problems that affect not just one particular group of people in the world but a large number of several groups in the world. Famine is the biggest World Problems facing us today. Even though we as Americans have not yet seen or experienced the horrors of famine‚ other parts of the world have. We need to take action and solve this problem before it gets out of hand‚ and there are several ways to do it. Some ways are controlling the birth rate in LDC’s
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In Peter Singer’s "Famine‚ Affluence‚ and Morality"‚ he argues that the way people in relative affluent countries react to a situation like that in Bengal cannot be justified. His reason for saying this is due to his belief in his principle "if it is in our power to prevent something bad from happening‚ without sacrificing anything of comparable moral importance‚ we ought‚ morally to do it". I disagree with his point of view and I will provide explanations as well as bring in my own arguments to
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And one of the example food problems are: Famine A famine is a widespread scarcity of food that may apply to any faunal species. This phenomenon is usually accompanied or followed by regional malnutrition‚ starvation‚ epidemic‚ and increased mortality. Emergency measures in relieving famine primarily include providing deficient micronutrients‚ such asvitamins and minerals‚ through fortified sachet powders or directly through supplements. The famine relief model increasingly used by aid groups
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Starvation “The famine began…The dead were all around; on the roads‚ near the river‚ by the fences…Altogether 792 souls have died in our village during the famine‚ in the war years – 135 souls” (Kuryliw‚ p. 2). This is how Antonina Meleshchenko remembers the Holodomor‚ or the Ukrainian genocide famine. This famine took place between 1932 and 1933 in a country in Europe called Ukraine. Although many survivors wish not to remember‚ this event needs to be recognized. The Ukrainian genocide famine killed
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Peter Singer states that “if it is in our power to prevent something bad from happening‚ without thereby sacrificing anything of comparable moral importance‚ we ought‚ morally‚ to do it” (Singer‚ 1972). I believe Peter Singer has a desire to alter one’s view on the issues that are present at hand. The underlying issue that requires immediate attention is moral. “The unabridged way we look at moral issues – our moral conceptual scheme- needs to be altered‚ and with it‚ the way of life that has come
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with a skinny frame and protruding belly. A person does not need to be born in the 1980’s to imagine the picture I have described‚ nor do they need to know that it was not until the 1980’s that the United States intervened in Ethiopia’s famine. As the word famine travels across any medium we picture Africa. However‚ many take it a step further by relating these issues to Ethiopia. African culture‚ specifically Ethiopia‚ is diminished by commercials‚ social media‚ and the idea that any product “African”
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