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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Surviving Famine: The Kantian Dilemma Say your family and you are struggling to meet your basic needs such as food during a harsh famine. Your basic instinct is to acquire food by any means necessary. One way you could get food is by stealing it from your neighbor. In this essay I will examine whether this issue is morally right. I will argue that by using Kant’s End in itself theory‚ stealing food from your neighbor in time of famine is morally wrong. Kant’s end in itself theory is stated
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Rukmani Birla Modern High School‚ Jaipur Summer Vacation Assignment (2015-16) Class XI Note: Date for submission of projects- 15/07/2015 Subject- English 1. Read the novel The Canterville Ghost by Oscar Wilde thoroughly and change its genre to drama. Prepare a script in groups. Use A4 size ruled sheets. The work should be done in a neat handwriting. After the submission of the script each group will be asked to perform the play. Subject: Mathematics Define a Venn diagram and write its history.
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World hunger is an issue that should affect us all. Everyone has felt hunger pains‚ or claimed that they are “starving” if it’s been a while since their last meal. But most of us have never experienced real hunger - chronic hunger. Chronic hunger means not having enough daily nutrition to meet the requirements for days‚ weeks‚ or even months. It means being too weak to fight off disease‚ and dying from common infections. It means kids going blind from a lack of Vitamin A‚ or having brittle bines
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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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From 1983 to 1985‚ a famine in Ethiopia had disastrous consequences. The death toll was much higher than previous famines‚ as over a million had died. Many people blamed this famine on droughts that had been taking place all over Ethiopia’s provinces. This was not the case. The drought did‚ of course‚ contribute but the main reason for the severity of the famine was the government. The government worsened the famine in three ways: promoting Communism and its policies‚ blocking aid‚ and annexing
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From the year 1845 until the early 1850’s‚ Ireland was hit with one of the most devastating travesties: the potato famine. Disease was spread upon Ireland’s main crop‚ the potato‚ which caused Ireland’s agricultural economy to hit rock bottom. It also caused many deaths among the Irish through starvation. To avoid death and start a new life‚ many Irish had to flee to The United States and Canada. Though many died while traveling across the Atlantic‚ thousands made it to land. With no money and no
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Case study: Famine in Somalia July 2011- Feb 2012 In 2011 there was extended drought in the horn of Africa and Somalia was the worse effected. The combination of this drought and the conflict that had been going on for 20 years cause people to leave the country in mass‚ around 3‚000 people a day‚ to get to refugee camps in Kenya and Ethiopia. Causes Political: Most of southern Somalia is controlled by the al-Shabab Islamist group‚ which refused international aid organisations
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The early 1930s represent some of the darkest years in Ukrainian history and was highlighted by a famine‚ that from 1932-1933‚ claimed the lives of up to six million Ukrainians. While it is counterproductive to declare that the sheer scale of devastation of the famine is greater than other massive twentieth century losses of human life‚ it is nonetheless strange why it is not as pervasive in the collective memory of humans as the Holocaust or Rwandan genocide is. Part of this is due to the fact that
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Learner Journal 4: Famine: The Irish experience 900- 1900. What is the reading about? This week’s reading is a chapter is taken from the book ‘Famine: The Irish Experience 900 -1900’. The chapter is titled ‘Conclusion: Famine and Irish History. The author highlights the state the country was in before famine. Clarkson adds that all Famines in Ireland was a result of hundreds of years of starvation. In this text the author aims to explain the due course up to the Great Famine. The author also aims
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