Singer's position on our moral obligation to aid the world's poor is characteristically frank and rests on three premises. The first premise states that ‘if we can prevent something bad without sacrificing something significant, we ought to do it.’ The second premise simply declares that ‘extreme poverty is bad’. Finally, the third premise claims that ‘there is some extreme poverty we can prevent without sacrificing anything of comparable moral significance.’ Ultimately, the sum of the premises’ yield the conclusion that ‘we ought to prevent some extreme poverty.’ The premises are wisely formulated; it’s put forth in a fashion that …show more content…
But, the opposing view would argue basically that poverty is a consequence of defective distribution and that population containment through a triage policy, or any policy, is bad parenting and quite easily solvable. There is a overabundance of food to provide and support the world's population if more efficiently distributed and industrial advances are making this is more realistic and plausible. “Population growth is not a reason against giving aid but a reason for reconsidering the type of aid to give”(2011: