Short Paper In “Famine‚ Affluence‚ and Morality” Peter Singer argues the importance of giving to those in need‚ especially as those of us in affluent nations have an overabundance of resources. In this paper‚ I will exposit Singer’s argument and explain the methods and points that he makes. Specially‚ I will show that through his assumptions and implications‚ as well as how he refutes counter arguments Singer starts out his argument by explaining the situation at hand‚ “people are dying in East
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System. New Delhi: Mohit Publications‚ 2010. Singer‚ Peter. “Animals” in A Companion to Environmental Philosophy‚ ed. Dale Jamieson‚ 417-428. Oxford: Blackwell Publishers Ltd.‚ 2001. Singer‚ Peter. Practical Ethics. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press‚ 1993. Singh‚ Janak. Dr. B. R. Ambedkar: Messiah of the Downtrodden. Delhi: Kalpaz Publications‚ 2010. Sinha‚ N. N. “Isn’t Caste System Outdated?” Social Welfare 31‚ 4 (July 1984)‚ 15-16. Sloane‚ Andrew. “Singer‚ Preference Utilitarianism and Infanticide
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PHI200 Dr. Maul 11/26/12 Moral Responsibility Around the world‚ in many third world countries‚ human suffering is caused by many causes like ethnic cleansing‚ starvation‚ war‚ poor living conditions‚ natural disasters‚ and more. According to Peter Singer (1972) in his article “Famine‚ Affluence‚ and Morality” people and governments have not properly done enough to help others in emergency situations‚ like the situation in East Bengal during the 1970’s where nine million refugees were starving due
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Utilitarianism is a consequentialist ethical theory and therefore when evaluating ethics and the environment they would look at the end result and not necessarily the action. Utilitarianism is a teleological theory and would look at the purpose or the end goal of an action. With regards to deforestation the end goal is to create space for new homes‚ particularly in Brazil and therefore according to utilitarianism this is ethical because it brings great pleasure to those who are provided with homes
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most loving thing to do. Another way U is different is that it ignores the sanctity of life‚ and focuses on the quality of life. For example if a pregnant woman was told her child would be severely disabled‚ and would not live for a long time‚ Peter Singer would say the best thing to do would be to abort it‚ as the quality of its life would be very poor. However Christian ethics would say God made all life sacred (‘God made man in his own image) and therefore the baby shouldn’t be aborted.
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Utilitarianism is an ethical theory coined by an English philosopher who lived during the late 1700’s name Jeremy Bentham. Bentham believed in the principle that human beings should be motivated by pain and pleasure; he said “Nature has placed mankind under the governance of two sovereign masters‚ pain and pleasure” this meant that every human being’s goal in life should be to pursue pleasure and avoid pain and that these should be defining factors of what is moral. Utilitarianism is strongly based
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Additionally Preference Utilitarianism (another form of Utilitarianism)‚ considers whether an action is right or wrong by considering individual preferences. This alternative form of Utilitarianism is often associated with R.M Hare‚ Richard Brandt and Peter Singer. Preference Utilitarian’s claim that the right thing to do is that which is in the best interests of the greatest number‚ ultimately something that produces the best
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in a bag of chips remorseful enough to reach for their wallet with their free hand. Peter Singer’s Utilitarian theory highlights this phenomenon and argues that people living in abundance while others are starving is “morally indefensible”. His reasoning is that if you are already living a comfortable life‚ purchasing anything to pursue more comfort is morally reprehensible and lacks virtue. To his credit‚ Singer supports his theory through practice‚ as it is reported that he donates 25% of his salary
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Examine the key ideas of utilitarianism Utilitarianism is a relativist‚ consequentialist and teleological system of ethics based on the idea of ‘utility’. This means usefulness and utilitarian suggest that everyone should be the most useful thing. The theory was devised by Jeremy Bentham who said “an action is right if it produces the greatest good for the greatest number”. He believed human beings are motivated by pleasure and pain. Bentham lived in an era of great social and scientific change
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the mind compared to animals who cannot think for
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