world are suffering due to lack of resources within their countries? Some wealthier people and nations decide not to help these less fortunate people as they would rather spend money on frivolous things and think that it’s not their obligation. I believe that man has a moral obligation to help those less fortunate than him‚ though I believe that it is not morally right to only help those who are less fortunate just to make you feel like a better person. In Source B‚ Peter Singer states “if the upshot
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Throughout the chapter‚ Genetic Choices‚ the issue of moral obligations in regards to genetic information about potential disease and illness. Upon review‚ I find individuals to have a moral obligation to warn others if they have knowledge about their genetic predisposition in regards to disease and/ or illness. The first case I will discuss is when an individual knows their family members are either at great risk or are certain to have a specific disease and/ or illness due to their diagnosis or
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have to be responsible for the poor. The wealthy should not be obligated to help the poor because they‚ in most cases‚ have earned what they received. The poor don’t deserve to live in the conditions they do‚ but it is all about opportunities. The wealthy took advantage of their opportunities and got a lot out of it. The poor cannot expect the wealthy to give them a certain percentage of their income because they will become dependent on that money. Therefore the poor just need to apply themselves
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1972‚ p. 231). This means that if a person can help another person without sacrificing themselves in helping that person‚ than that person should help. Singer also argues that if people did act upon principle our lives‚ our society‚ and our world would fundamentally change. Singer first argues that distance and proximity shouldn’t be taken into account when it comes to helping. He argues that it makes no moral difference whether the person you help is a neighbor ten yards away or a person in another
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Nicole Swires Mrs. Matayabas ENG 101 2:05 18 February 2010 My Moral Obligation to the Poor Have you ever stopped to think about all the general essentials you have access to and all the material possessions you have been blessed with? Often times I see people around me who seem unhappy with what they do have. There is nothing wrong with wanting or buying more than what we need; luxuries are nice. The problem comes in when we only think about ourselves and not about other people. Some people can
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Affirming achieves the value of morality defined by the American Heritage Dictionary as‚ “conforming to the rules of right conduct; moral or virtuous conduct.” This is the proper value for the round because of the word ‘ought’ in the resolution which the same sourced defines as‚ ‘Used to express duty or moral obligation’ meaning the resolution is asking us to determine the more moral means of providing drinking water to people. Morality is also the proper value because
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What is moral obligation? What is the extent of our moral obligation to other people and other living things? By definition moral obligation is the belief that an act is one prescribed by a persons set of values (Wikipedia‚ 2005). It is also a duty‚ which one owes‚ and which one ought to perform‚ but is not legally bound to fulfill. David Hume ’s moral theory hinges on a distinction between psychologically distinct players: the moral agent‚ the receiver‚ and the moral spectator. All actions
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is we have a moral obligation to produce the greatest happiness to the greatest number of people (Mill‚ p. 364) and Peter Singer believes we have a moral obligation to help others less fortunate than we to the extent at which no more moral good comes of comparable significance to the bad thing that we “ought” prevent (Singer‚ p. 874). How is it that we are somehow philosophically indebted to society and required to alleviate suffering? Can such an obligation even be construed moral? I contend that
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simple for those in third world countries. Because of this‚ Peter Singer has said that we as a society have a moral obligation to help them by donating to charities. However‚ not everyone agrees with this point. Personally‚ I believe that you never have a moral obligation to do anything‚ unless you personally believe that you must. Some people may not feel obligated to help the citizens of poor countries. More often than not‚ this is because they believe that their charity will lead to the less fortunate
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Zimbabwe access to the basic necessities of life. Singer argues we have widespread obligations to the world’s poor‚ but we can meet them without being deprived of all of our worldly assets and possessions. This essay aims to defend Singer’s arguments that we‚ fitting a picture of absolute affluence‚ have a moral obligation to help those in poverty. 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
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