Comparing The Life You Can Save, By Jon Sobrino And Peter Singer
Jon Sobrino and Peter Singer share with readers what it takes to live ethically in a world in which 22,000 children die each day from poverty-related issues. In The Principle of Mercy: Taking the Crucified People from the Cross, Sobrino emphasis that people must no longer turn a naked eye to the problems of the world and they should start living their life according to the gospel of Jesus Christ. In The Life You Can Save, Singer stresses the importance of an increase in monetary donation in attempts to cease poverty in the world. This paper will first address Sobrino’s methods for living an ethical life, according to the gospel. Additionally, it will focus on Singer’s approach to tackling world poverty by his advocacy for greater donation of
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Those living in first world countries should have as much interest as those living in third world countries, as they do in their own society. To be indifferent to others suffering is to be inhuman. In a global society, we are all connected to each and it is our duty to accept this true it we want to live ethically.
Living the Gospel/Action
Sobrino argues that there is a flaw in our reality. Human’s greatest enemy is material items. God calls us to live by the gospel; we must be merciful and compassionate. The only way we may be able to do that is if we follow God’s will and love others as we love oneself.
In order to live in God’s will, we have to worship God, not gods. What is inhibiting humans from worshiping God is the worshipping of idols, “it is not enough to go from ignorance to truth….it is pointless to aspire to truth unless we are willing to distill its consequences.” True God is at war with other gods. And, the ultimate evil in idols is that they need humans in order to exist. That is, if humans remain indifferent to other people’s pain, then they must be worshiping some other idol be it another god, money or, power. The solution is to rid the idols because they dehumanize their
Those living in first world countries should have as much interest as those living in third world countries, as they do in their own society. To be indifferent to others suffering is to be inhuman. In a global society, we are all connected to each and it is our duty to accept this true it we want to live ethically.
Living the Gospel/Action
Sobrino argues that there is a flaw in our reality. Human’s greatest enemy is material items. God calls us to live by the gospel; we must be merciful and compassionate. The only way we may be able to do that is if we follow God’s will and love others as we love oneself.
In order to live in God’s will, we have to worship God, not gods. What is inhibiting humans from worshiping God is the worshipping of idols, “it is not enough to go from ignorance to truth….it is pointless to aspire to truth unless we are willing to distill its consequences.” True God is at war with other gods. And, the ultimate evil in idols is that they need humans in order to exist. That is, if humans remain indifferent to other people’s pain, then they must be worshiping some other idol be it another god, money or, power. The solution is to rid the idols because they dehumanize their