self enjoyment: concert tickets‚ iPhones‚ Jordans‚ Pizza ? If you answered “yes” to any of the above‚ then Peter Singer‚ utilitarian moral philosopher‚ would equate your actions to letting “a runaway train hurtle towards an unsuspecting child” (Singer 4). Though the prospect of not donating our extra funds to charities sounds selfish and egocentric. We are not monsters. In a sense‚ Singer is correct. Currently‚ every person who lives in an affluent country has the ability to donate to charity.
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that money? According to Peter Singer‚ you don’t really have any choice because you’re “morally obligated” to donate far more resources to famine relief and similar causes than what you currently think is enough‚ but without sacrificing anything of equivalent moral importance. In this paper I will analyze this argument and try to show that Singer’s conclusions are correct‚ yet they are not quite as correct as he believes they are. To do so‚ I will try to show that Singer is wrong to think that we
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Intro to Ethics Outline over “Utilitarianism and Vegetarianism” I. Tom Regan argues Peter Singer’s utilitarianism obligation to be vegetarian. A. Singer touches on methodology in ethics first to help explain point of view to Regan’s argument. B. Singer then turns to the substantive issue of “what are the implications of utilitarianism for our treatment of animals?” II. In regards to methodology‚ Singer claims Regan recommends abandoning utilitarianism in favor of a rights-based theory without
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victims of poverty”‚ Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. This fact indicates how poverty is an issue that needs more attention because of it’s significant impact on the people in the world. Peter Singer‚ an Australian humanist and philosopher‚ addresses the dilemma of poverty world-wide in his essay‚ The Singer Solution to Poverty. Singer argues how it is wrong for an individual to live well without giving substantial amounts of money to help people who are hungry‚ malnourished‚ and dying from easily treatable
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The lingering presence of guilt when most folks are presented with a dish that has formed from the basis of an animal seems to have only increased with the mounting knowledge of how a large number of animals are treated‚ whether it is for product testing or for human consumption. The expectation that animals‚ especially those raised in a slaughterhouses‚ live a tranquil‚ cruelty-free life would seem a bit far fetched to me‚ yet it is difficult to deny that the deplorable conditions shown in exploitation
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philosophers have come up with different types of utilitarianism. Jeremy Bentham introducing Act Utilitarianism and John Stuart Mill trying to improve the flaws that he encountered with Bentham’s theory with his Rule Utilitarianism and lastly‚ Peter Singer with his preference utilitarianism. Act Utilitarianism is the original and official form of utilitarianism which states that we must on any occasion act in the way which will produce overall consequences better than those that any other
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Cited: Bentham‚ Jeremy. "Push-Pin and Poetry." Ethics. Ed. Peter Singer. Oxford University Press: New York‚ 1994. 199-200. Bentham‚ Jeremy. "The Principle of Utility." Ethics. Ed. Peter Singer. Oxford University Press: New York‚ 1994. 306-312. Mill‚ John Stuart. "Higher and Lower Pleasures." Ethics. Ed. Peter Singer. Oxford University Press: New York‚ 1994. 201-205. Dostoevsky‚ Fyodor. "Ivan ’s Challenge." Ethics. Ed. Peter Singer. Oxford University Press: New York‚ 1994. 332.
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Arguments of Peter Singer PHI200: Mind and Machine Instructor: April 19‚ 2013 Singer’s goal in the article “Famine‚ Affluence and Morality” is to get people to think differently about famine relief‚ charity‚ and morality. These are key issues that people need to be more aware of and act on them. People who are financially stable and well off should take more of an active role by giving more. They should feel obligated in helping those in need. There are many people suffering severely‚
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Hardin ’s article "Lifeboat Ethics: The Case Against Helping the Poor" and controversial ethicist Peter Singer ’s essay "The Singer Solution to World Poverty" . In each article‚ the author uses an analogy to make his point‚ and in evaluating both articles‚ I devoted my attention almost entirely to the analogies. Within my essay I mentioned how Hardin ’s article is full of pragmatic-speak‚ whilst Singer ’s article is explicitly morality centered. Out of all the essays that I have read about poverty
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basic human need which commonly includes nutrition‚ healthcare‚ education‚ clothing‚ shelter‚ and clean water. Peter Singer‚ author of ’The Singer Solution to World Poverty’‚ suggests that all Americans that are financially stable to donate should be donating all their non-essential money to the needy people across the globe. This seems like the morally right thing to do‚ however Singers argument overlooks many factors in his bias‚ and leaves to many questions unanswered to make his essay true or
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