Assignment
Ashford university | “Famine, Affluence, and Morality” | PHI208 Week 2 Assignment | Dr. E | Belinda Argo | 6/17/2013 |
There are many things to think about when people are dying from lack of food, shelter and medical care and ways to prevent this from happening. |
There are many ethical issues that are talked about within Peter Singer’s “Famine, Affluence, and Morality” for philosophy and public affairs. He talks about the people that are dying from lack of food, shelter and lack of medical care in East Bengal and what the people around the world can do to prevent this from happening, how we are morally obligated to help those less fortunate, what marginal utility is, and also how charity relates to the people that he is trying to help.
Peter Singer wrote an article for people to know about the lack of shelter, food and medicine that is all over the world, but especially in East Bengal. He says it is within our power to prevent this from happening by duty or charity to help other people in faraway places or even the people in your neighborhood (www.utilitarian.net, 2013). Singer wants the people to give more than they normally do, without sacrificing the needs of our families in the process. The magnitude of what is happening in East Bengal in 1971 still applies to what is happening around the world today. Singer has many different ways to help people look at, for example, people are dying from lack of food, shelter, and medical care are bad but he looks at us to make sure this does not continue to happen (www.utilitarian.net, 2013). He said we are morally bound to help those that are less fortunate than us so that we can prevent death happening around us by giving to needy families starting around us. He also said that if we are all able to give at least $5.00 to help those less fortunate then we should as long as it does not interfere with taking care of our families. Although it is easier to judge what a person needs when they are close in
There are many things to think about when people are dying from lack of food, shelter and medical care and ways to prevent this from happening. |
There are many ethical issues that are talked about within Peter Singer’s “Famine, Affluence, and Morality” for philosophy and public affairs. He talks about the people that are dying from lack of food, shelter and lack of medical care in East Bengal and what the people around the world can do to prevent this from happening, how we are morally obligated to help those less fortunate, what marginal utility is, and also how charity relates to the people that he is trying to help.
Peter Singer wrote an article for people to know about the lack of shelter, food and medicine that is all over the world, but especially in East Bengal. He says it is within our power to prevent this from happening by duty or charity to help other people in faraway places or even the people in your neighborhood (www.utilitarian.net, 2013). Singer wants the people to give more than they normally do, without sacrificing the needs of our families in the process. The magnitude of what is happening in East Bengal in 1971 still applies to what is happening around the world today. Singer has many different ways to help people look at, for example, people are dying from lack of food, shelter, and medical care are bad but he looks at us to make sure this does not continue to happen (www.utilitarian.net, 2013). He said we are morally bound to help those that are less fortunate than us so that we can prevent death happening around us by giving to needy families starting around us. He also said that if we are all able to give at least $5.00 to help those less fortunate then we should as long as it does not interfere with taking care of our families. Although it is easier to judge what a person needs when they are close in
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