Famine Affluence And Morality Analysis
Running Head: Famine, Affluence and Morality 1
Famine, Affluence and Morality
Wendy Merrill
PHI208
Alexandrea Ravenelle
March 25, 2013
Morality …show more content…
An event can also have morality, because it can be either seen as
something that is wrong or something that is right. And lastly a person can either be and do
good things or even bad things and can either be praised for what they did or didn 't do and can
also be blamed for what they did or didn 't do.
The goal that Peter Singer is trying to convey in his article is that he is trying to convince people that that if famine is so bad(which most will not argue) in a poor country or community then people are morally obligated to do something about it and to either stop it from happening or to prevent it from happening. Singer says “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, 1971) So by him saying this it means that there could be some flaws in the way people will act and think about helping others. People have always been known to help another person or a charity or organization if it is something they can see, feel or touch. Something that is within close proximity to them.
Morality
Famine, Affluence and Morality
Wendy Merrill
PHI208
Alexandrea Ravenelle
March 25, 2013
Morality …show more content…
An event can also have morality, because it can be either seen as
something that is wrong or something that is right. And lastly a person can either be and do
good things or even bad things and can either be praised for what they did or didn 't do and can
also be blamed for what they did or didn 't do.
The goal that Peter Singer is trying to convey in his article is that he is trying to convince people that that if famine is so bad(which most will not argue) in a poor country or community then people are morally obligated to do something about it and to either stop it from happening or to prevent it from happening. Singer says “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, 1971) So by him saying this it means that there could be some flaws in the way people will act and think about helping others. People have always been known to help another person or a charity or organization if it is something they can see, feel or touch. Something that is within close proximity to them.
Morality