Peter Singer's Famine, Affluence And Morality

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society poverty has various definitions that lack the true picture that poverty depicts. Dictionary defines poverty as “the state of one who lacks a usual or socially acceptable amount of money on material possessions.” In other words poverty is a situation where a person fail to earn a sufficient amount of income to purchase basic necessities such as food, shelter, clothes etc. In reality, poverty is much more than the capital resources. According to Laster Brown explained poverty as “the world without orders’ and further emphasized that “unfortunately it is a human condition. It is despair, grief and pain.” However, the issue of poverty and how we deal with it could differ among people. This idea is reflected in Peter Singer’s “Famine, Affluence and Morality” essay and the opposing essay written by John Arthur in “World hunger and moral obligation: the case against Singer.” Peter Singer raises the question of poverty and our obligations toward it in his essay “Famine, Affluence, and Morality”. In the essay, Singer addresses the question of what obligations we have toward those ar...

In this essay, the author

Analyzes how peter singer's "famine, affluence, and morality" essay raises the question of poverty and our obligations toward it.
Analyzes how singer concludes that most individuals in our society have a strong moral obligation to relieve poverty or famine.
Analyzes how john arthur argued against singer's idea in his essay "world hunger and moral obligation: the case against singer".

Analyzes how peter singer's "famine, affluence, and morality" essay raises the question of poverty and our obligations toward it.
Analyzes how singer concludes that most individuals in our society have a strong moral obligation to relieve poverty or famine.
Analyzes how john arthur argued against singer's idea in his essay "world hunger and moral obligation: the case against singer".

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Position Of Poverty
opinion essay
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In this essay, the author
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- Argues that a bike-sharing program could reduce poverty by providing poor people with an affordable way to get back and forth to their destination.
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- Explains that almost half of the world's population lives in poverty — thousands die each year due to this world-wide problem.
- Argues that a bike-sharing program could reduce poverty by providing poor people with an affordable way to get back and forth to their destination.
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- Opines that health care should be provided to everyone, including the less fortunate, in order to reduce poverty in the world.
- Opines that providing safe and affordable shelter for low-income individuals will improve the success of society and lead us out of poverty.
- Opines that education plays a huge role in the process of decreasing poverty in today's society. to reduce poverty, we should broaden access to education and make it affordable among marginalized groups.
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analytical essay
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In this essay, the author
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- Argues that scalar indices can be used to analyze the seriousness of poverty.
- Explains that the use of this index has been a huge step towards both expansion and simplification of estimation of poverty.
- Explains that the way of looking at concepts like poverty and social exclusion has changed by a million miles over the last 10 years. the shift in people's mentalities is the broad acknowledgment that poverty is about more than just low incomes.
- Argues that scalar indices can be used to analyze the seriousness of poverty.
- Explains that the use of this index has been a huge step towards both expansion and simplification of estimation of poverty.
- Explains that poverty is a never-ending trap that grips generations and forces them to work in fields that don't let them achieve their full potential.
- Explains that social alienation is a common phenomenon and is evident almost everywhere, such as the caste system, gender biases, and discrimination.
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analytical essay
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In this essay, the author
- Explains that the impoverished is made up of people from all aspects of life with differences in age, race, color, and ethnicity. the issues of poverty and homelessness go hand and hand.
- Explains that the vast majority of the poor are blacks and hispanics, despite the myth that most people are poor because they don't want to work.
- Opines that the only real solution to changing the relationship between the poor and the deviant is to radically transform society.
- Explains that the impoverished is made up of people from all aspects of life with differences in age, race, color, and ethnicity. the issues of poverty and homelessness go hand and hand.
- Explains that the vast majority of the poor are blacks and hispanics, despite the myth that most people are poor because they don't want to work.
- Opines that the only real solution to changing the relationship between the poor and the deviant is to radically transform society.
- Describes a personal journey to gods kitchen to learn more about how the poor and impoverished live.
- Opines that mainstream america is unwilling to give the poor a chance at decent full-time jobs.
- Explains that goldman, r. h., food and food poverty: perspectives on distribution, social research, 66 (1), 283-304.
- Argues that the "poverty problem" is a depersonalized permanent fixture on the u.s. landscape.
- Argues that women on welfare are promiscuous, morally weak, and undeserving. most welfare recipients are not teenage moms as the media hype and recent myth-driven welfare reforms tend to indicate.
- Explains corcoran, federman, garner, t.i., and short, k. what does it mean to be poor in america.
- Compares susser, i., and thomas s. l. on the construction of poverty and homelessness in u.s.
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The Poor Essay: The Structural Aspects Of Poverty
analytical essay
How can there be so much misery and insecurity in the midst of such abundance? One of the first things we see is that poverty doesn’t exist all by itself. It is simply one end of an overall distribution of income and wealth in society as a whole. Poverty is both a structural aspect of the system and consequence of how the system is organized and how people participate in it.
In this essay, the author
- Explains that poverty is one end of an overall distribution of income and wealth in society as a whole.
- Explains that the system of producing and distributing wealth is capitalist and allows a small portion to control most of the capital (factories, machinery, tools) used to produce wealth.
- Explains that capitalism generates poverty in other ways. it places a high value on competition and efficiency, which motivates companies and managers to control costs by keeping wages as low as possible.
- Explains that poverty is one end of an overall distribution of income and wealth in society as a whole.
- Explains that the system of producing and distributing wealth is capitalist and allows a small portion to control most of the capital (factories, machinery, tools) used to produce wealth.
- Explains that capitalism generates poverty in other ways. it places a high value on competition and efficiency, which motivates companies and managers to control costs by keeping wages as low as possible.
- Explains that decisions are a normal consequence of capitalism's system, paths of least resistance, and have terrible effects on tens of millions of people.
- Analyzes how racism continues to hobble millions of people through poor education, isolation in urban ghettos, prejudice, discrimination, and the disappearance of industrial jobs that enabled many generations of white european immigrants to climb out of poverty.
- Argues that widespread poverty is inevitable in an economic system that sets the terms for how wealth is produced and distributed. public debate about poverty and policies to deal with it focus almost entirely on the latter with almost nothing about the former.
- Analyzes charles murray's book losing ground as a classic example of the conservative approach. he reviews thirty years of federal antipoverty programs and concludes that poverty must not be caused by social factors.
- Analyzes how murray argues that poverty is caused by failures of individual initiative and effort, and changing them is the only effective remedy.
- Argues that the confusion lies in how we think about individuals and society, and about poverty as an individual condition and as a social problem.
- Opines that sociologically, it ignores the fact that social life is shaped both by the nature of systems and how people participate. changing how individuals participate may affect outcomes for some.
- Explains that income is distributed according to the results of a footrace in the united states. the fastest fifth gets 48 percent of the income to divide up, while the slowest fifth divides 4 percent.
- Explains that if we look at the slowest fifth of the population and ask, "why are they poor?" an obvious answer is, “they didn’t run as fast as everyone else. if they ran faster, they’d do better.”
- Analyzes how the system uses unbridled competition to determine who gets fancy cars and nice houses, who has a place to live or access to health care, and distributes income and wealth in ways that promote increasing concentrations among those already having the most.
- Opines that learning to run faster may keep you or me out of poverty, but it won't get rid of it itself. to do that, we have to change the system along with how people participate in it.
- Argues that people can argue about whether chronic widespread poverty is morally acceptable or what an acceptable level of inequality might look like, but if we want to understand where poverty comes from, what makes it such a stubborn feature of social life, we have to begin with the simple sociological fact that patterns
- Argues that murray's greatest mistake is to misinterpret the failure of federal antipoverty programs. he assumes that federal programs actually target the social causes of poverty.
- Explains that if anti-poverty programs have failed, it's not because the idea that poverty is socially caused is wrong. they've failed because policymakers don't understand what makes it social.
- Explains that anti-poverty programs hold individuals responsible by assuming that financial success is solely a matter of individual qualifications and behavior. they get people to run faster by providing training and motivation.
- Analyzes how some people rise out of poverty by improving their competitive advantage, while others sink into it when their advantages no longer work and they get laid off or their company relocates to another country or gets swallowed up in a merger.
- Analyzes how individuals rise and fall in the class system. the huge gap between the wealthy and everyone else and the steady proportion of people living in poverty remains the same.
- Argues that welfare payments, food stamps, housing subsidies, and medicaid all soften poverty's impact, but they do little about the steady supply of people living in poverty.
- Analyzes how murray argues that welfare programs are like doctors giving bleeding patients transfusions without repairing the wounds. he's right, but not for the reasons he offers.
- Argues that liberals and conservatives are locked in a tug of war between two individualistic solutions to problems that are only partly about individuals.
- Opines that social problems are more than an accumulation of individual woes. they must include social solutions that take into account how economic and other systems work and identify paths of least resistance that produce the same patterns and problems year after year.
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Poverty in America: Government Welfare Programs are the Solution
explanatory essay
“What is poverty? Poverty is hunger. Poverty is lack of shelter. Poverty is being sick and not being able to see a doctor. Poverty is not having access to school and not knowing how to read. Poverty is not having a job, is fear for the future, living one day at a time. Poverty is losing a child to illness brought about by unclean water. Poverty is powerlessness, lack of representation and freedom” (The World Bank, 2009).
In this essay, the author
- Explains that poverty is hunger, lack of shelter, being sick, not having access to school, fear for the future, living one day at a time, and powerlessness.
- Explains that people are deemed poor if their incomes are insufficient to obtain the basic necessitates for themselves or their families. the "blame the poor" point of view does not apply to all poverty stricken.
- Explains that the price of human and capital resources depends on the demand for and supply of units of capital. market discrimination is another cause of poverty.
- Explains that poverty is hunger, lack of shelter, being sick, not having access to school, fear for the future, living one day at a time, and powerlessness.
- Explains that people are deemed poor if their incomes are insufficient to obtain the basic necessitates for themselves or their families. the "blame the poor" point of view does not apply to all poverty stricken.
- Explains that the price of human and capital resources depends on the demand for and supply of units of capital. market discrimination is another cause of poverty.
- Cites nilsen, s. r, register, c., & grimes, p. (2010). eco 405: economics of social issues.
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The Importance Of Poverty In America
opinion essay
Many still deny the fact that poverty exists. Even though there are people day to day struggling to have a decent meal or a place to sleep. Poverty is, as quoted John Iceland in “Early Views of Poverty in America”, having “barley sufficient [funds] for decent independent life; the ‘very poor’ those whose means are insufficient for this according to the usual standard of life in this country.”(10) In America this way of life applies to over 14.5% of its people. Poverty is a term that has just recently become accepted; though the concept has been around for many years. People have found themselves without income and unable to support themselves or their family. There are many other reasons to why people are poor: racial discrimination, high-unemployment, and theories created by society. This being the century of change, learning to accept what is poverty and what it means to be poverty stricken or accept that there are people living below
In this essay, the author
- Explains that poverty exists because people are classified by the territory where they live. the number of people suffering from poverty has not decreased but continued to increase.
- Argues that society holds such high standards for an individual that individuals at some point begin to undermine themselves.
- Opines that america needs to accept and work along with the poor to eliminate inequality and furthermore poverty.
- Explains that poverty exists because people are classified by the territory where they live. the number of people suffering from poverty has not decreased but continued to increase.
- Argues that society holds such high standards for an individual that individuals at some point begin to undermine themselves.
- Opines that america needs to accept and work along with the poor to eliminate inequality and furthermore poverty.
- Opines that america has let too many citizens fall victims of poverty. the line needs to be drawn when poverty begins to affect families followed by handfuls of children.
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Stereootyping The Poor Essay: Steretyping The Poor
analytical essay
Poverty is a potential outcome for everyone. It’s sneaky and many people fall victim to it every year. No one believes that they have the potential to fall into debt, but it can happen through a string of bad luck, time running short, and other possibilities that can’t be controlled. People who are struggling with difficulty believe that there is no way out because no one will help them. However, there are ways for us, as a society, to help those who are short on income receive the help that they need. Many of the impoverished are thought to be slackers, addicts, or self-destructive to their lives. Society can help each other by dismembering the stereotypes given to people who are underneath the “Poverty Line” that they used as wedges between the classes. Labels given to those who’re poor have nothing to do with who they are as humans.
In this essay, the author
- Opines that society can help those who are short on income receive the help that they need by dismembering the stereotypes given to those under the "poverty line."
- Explains that the most common classification that people make on the underprivileged is that they are all criminals or drug addicts.
- Analyzes how the foreword of hand to mouth tells the reader that indigenous people are jerked around unaccountably when they have minimum wage jobs.
- Opines that society can help those who are short on income receive the help that they need by dismembering the stereotypes given to those under the "poverty line."
- Explains that the most common classification that people make on the underprivileged is that they are all criminals or drug addicts.
- Analyzes how the foreword of hand to mouth tells the reader that indigenous people are jerked around unaccountably when they have minimum wage jobs.
- Explains that society classifies the poor as lazy, some will slack off, but they have given up the hope to continue pushing through each harsh day that gets thrown at them.
- Explains that the impoverished don't go to school to gain an education and make their lives better for themselves. the penniless rarely have enough money for the monthly rent and food. without a thousand dollar scholarship or financial aid, there's nearly no way to go.
- Explains that poor people are written off as irresponsible when it comes to child care. they're also shamed for having wedlock children.
- Argues that poverty is often caused by bad luck such as losing a job, or getting buried in debt from unpaid bills.
- Analyzes how linda tirado explains that self-destructive behaviors are the only thing that keeps her from collapsing or exploding. some argue that there is no way for people in poverty to get out of being poor.
- Argues that the america economy isn't working as people have been led to believe it is. the rich save their money in banks and have fewer workers which prevent many lower class americans from earning a living wage.
- Explains that poverty is an outcome for anyone, and no one is helping because of negative stereotypes that people have labeled them as. the middle class is slowly making its way into bankruptcy because jobs are running thin and living expenses are increasing.
- Argues that we can help the forty-five million people who struggle with paying bills by creating better paying jobs for them to have access to in order to pay their living expenses.
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Peter Singer's Famine, Affluence, And Ethics In Our Society
analytical essay
Ethics is a questionable concept to whether or not it 's valuable to society and if it assists us to make moral choices. Many could possibly argue against the ethical theory, stating there are no moral truths, however, it is actually quite valuable in our society. When we deal with situations without reason they can become hazardous when doing things without logic. Ethics allows us to question the reason behind the actions we choose. Our society would not function without morals and set rules. As humans, our actions always have questions behind the morals. For example, there 's always a question about 'What person ought I be? ', 'What will my consequences be behind these actions? ', and 'It is my duty do have a good will and good actions
In this essay, the author
- Explains that ethics is a questionable concept to whether or not it's valuable to society and if it assists us to make moral choices.
- Explains that the first ethical theory that helps us in society to lead us down the moral path is utilitarianism, founded by jeremy bentham as he questioned what exactly is right or wrong.
- Opines that society faces a dilemma on how to deal with poverty and famine. peter singer's article "famine, affluence, and morality" states that if it is in our power to prevent something bad from happening, we ought to do it.
- Explains that ethics is a questionable concept to whether or not it's valuable to society and if it assists us to make moral choices.
- Explains that the first ethical theory that helps us in society to lead us down the moral path is utilitarianism, founded by jeremy bentham as he questioned what exactly is right or wrong.
- Opines that society faces a dilemma on how to deal with poverty and famine. peter singer's article "famine, affluence, and morality" states that if it is in our power to prevent something bad from happening, we ought to do it.
- Opines that kantian ethics' teachings are valuable to finding our morals, since autonomy is always there to make moral decisions.
- Analyzes how judith jarvis thomson's article "killing, letting die, and the trolley problem" explains how to question our morals.
- Analyzes how greg pence, of virtue theory, uses an example of dorothea, who is confined in a horrible marriage where her husband is dependent solely on her.
- Explains that ethical theory has a huge value in our society with careers, such as business relies heavily on ethics and morals.
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The Obligation Of Poverty In Peter Singer's Rich And Poor
analytical essay
In the excerpt “Rich and Poor” from Peter Singer’s book “Practical Ethics,” Singer critiques how he portrays the way we respond to both absolute poverty and absolute affluence. Before coming to this class, I have always believed that donating or giving something of your own to help someone else is a moral decision. After reading Peter Singer’s argument that we are obligated to assist extreme poverty, I remain with the same beliefs I previously had. I will argue that Singer’s argument is not convincing. I will demonstrate that there are important differences between being obligated to save a small child from drowning (in his Shallow Pond Example) and being obligated to assist absolute poverty. These differences restrict his argument by analogy for the obligation to assist in the case of absolute poverty.
In this essay, the author
- Analyzes how singer critiques the way we respond to both absolute poverty and absolute affluence. they argue that singer's argument is not convincing.
- Analyzes singer's argument that people living in affluent countries should change their ways of living and their conception of what morality really means, so that they understand their obligation to assist.
- Analyzes singer's argument that distance should not make a difference when it comes to the obligation to assist because it is not morally relevant. singer proposes being far away is good because you have the opportunity to thoroughly look at what needs to be done.
- Analyzes how singer critiques the way we respond to both absolute poverty and absolute affluence. they argue that singer's argument is not convincing.
- Analyzes singer's argument that people living in affluent countries should change their ways of living and their conception of what morality really means, so that they understand their obligation to assist.
- Analyzes singer's argument that distance should not make a difference when it comes to the obligation to assist because it is not morally relevant. singer proposes being far away is good because you have the opportunity to thoroughly look at what needs to be done.
- Analyzes singer's argument that being one of many to assist does not take away the responsibility that you have as an individual. singer proposes a progressive scale for giving money to aid extreme poverty, but he doesn't introduce any alternative methods.
- Opines that peter singer's argument is made with good intentions to help people suffering in extreme poverty, but there are philosophers who disagree with him.
- Concludes that peter singer's child drowning in a shallow pond example is not strong enough to support his overall argument for the obligation to assist.
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Famine, Affluence And Morality By Peter Singer
analytical essay
“Famine, Affluence, and Morality” is a piece written by a moral philosopher, Peter Singer, who places a challenge to our traditional notions of charitable giving. The essay argues in favour of donating, and of the moral obligation imposed upon us to contribute and help the global poor with humanitarian purposes. By critically assessing Singer’s writing, this reflection paper will study the main arguments advocated for from his work, as well as possible objections.
In this essay, the author
- Analyzes peter singer's "famine, affluence, and morality" essay, which challenges traditional notions of charitable giving. it argues in favour of donating and the moral obligation imposed upon us to contribute and help the global poor.
- Analyzes singer's argument that giving money away is morally wrong, and argues that there is no moral difference between letting a child drown and dying of poverty.
- Opines that singer's call to revise drastically our ways of thinking challenges people’s attitudes towards extreme poverty. he believes that we are in desperate need of professionals like singer who are driven by the right purpose and passionately endeavour to awaken us.
- Analyzes peter singer's "famine, affluence, and morality" essay, which challenges traditional notions of charitable giving. it argues in favour of donating and the moral obligation imposed upon us to contribute and help the global poor.
- Analyzes singer's argument that giving money away is morally wrong, and argues that there is no moral difference between letting a child drown and dying of poverty.
- Opines that singer's call to revise drastically our ways of thinking challenges people’s attitudes towards extreme poverty. he believes that we are in desperate need of professionals like singer who are driven by the right purpose and passionately endeavour to awaken us.
- Argues that singer's analogy of 'drowning child' is problematic and goes against our intuition.
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Analysis Of Peter Singer's Famine, Affluence And Morality
analytical essay
In Peter Singer’s “Famine, Affluence and Morality,” Singer makes three claims about moral duty; that avoidable suffering is bad, that it is our moral obligation to help others in need, and that we should help those in suffering regardless of their distance to us or if others are in the same position as we are to help. First, I will elaborate on Singer’s arguments for each of these positions. Next, I will discuss two objections to Singer’s position, one that he debates in his writings and another that I examine on my own, and Singer’s responses to those objections. Then I will examine why Singer’s rebuttals to the objections were successful.
In this essay, the author
- Analyzes peter singer's "famine, affluence and morality," which makes three claims about moral duty: avoidable suffering is bad, it is our moral obligation to help others in need, and that we should help those in suffering regardless of distance.
- Explains peter singer's main argument for why we have an obligation to help people in need.
- Analyzes singer's objection to his argument that his analyses of moral duty conflict with society’s current outlook on charity, which views it as not an obligation but a personal choice.
- Analyzes peter singer's "famine, affluence and morality," which makes three claims about moral duty: avoidable suffering is bad, it is our moral obligation to help others in need, and that we should help those in suffering regardless of distance.
- Explains peter singer's main argument for why we have an obligation to help people in need.
- Analyzes singer's objection to his argument that his analyses of moral duty conflict with society’s current outlook on charity, which views it as not an obligation but a personal choice.
- Argues that singer's analysis of charity as a moral duty fails to take into account the fact that donating to charities may not be the best solution to the underlying problems.
- Opines that singer's response to the first objection is successful because of the way he addresses his argument’s difference from the social norm. singer argues that unless you reject his original principles, it is not his opinion on charity that needs to be reconsidered.
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Peter Singer's Paper 'Famine, Affluence and Morality'
analytical essay
Peter Singer's paper “Famine, Affluence, and Morality”has made a drastic impact in modern applied ethics. The simple nature of the paper makes for an easy read, yet the point clearly set out by Singer is at ends with the targeted audiences' popular beliefs. Although most will object to Singer's idea by throwing away a basic principle of most moral theories, I wish to deny Singer's solution by showing that the ability to apply Singer's conclusion is not reasonable and does not address the problem's core.
In this essay, the author
- Opines that peter singer's paper "famine, affluence, and morality" has made a drastic impact in modern applied ethics.
- Analyzes singer's conclusion that if it is in our power to stop suffering and death from lack of the essentials, without thereby sacrificing anything of comparable moral worth, we ought, morally, to do so.
- Argues that singer's solution to famine, will solve occasional natural disaster issues, but will not solve the long-term examples such as somalia or rwanda.
- Opines that peter singer's paper "famine, affluence, and morality" has made a drastic impact in modern applied ethics.
- Analyzes singer's conclusion that if it is in our power to stop suffering and death from lack of the essentials, without thereby sacrificing anything of comparable moral worth, we ought, morally, to do so.
- Argues that singer's solution to famine, will solve occasional natural disaster issues, but will not solve the long-term examples such as somalia or rwanda.
- Opines that singer's proposal is different from what we see as our moral duty.
- Opines that if all people around the world took the moral standpoint that they are morally obligated to take, we could greatly weaken these trouble makers.
- Distinguishes between moral duty and morally justified actions, stating that both are driven by an objective ruling and norms and past situations.
- Argues that while agamemnon is justified in not killing his daughter, preventing the disaster that zeus will bring upon greece will change his morally duty.
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Analysis Of Peter Singer's Famine, Affluence, And Welfare
analytical essay
In the article “Famine, Affluence, and Morality,” Peter Singer argues that our conceptions on moral belief need to change. Specifically, He argues that giving to famine relief is not optional but a moral duty and failing to contribute money is immoral. As Singer puts it, “The way people in affluent countries react ... cannot be justified; indeed the whole way we look at moral issues-our moral conceptual scheme-needs to be altered and with it, the way of life that has come to be taken for granted in our society”(135). In other words Singer believes that unless you can find something wrong with the following argument you will have to drastically change your lifestyle and how you spend your money. Although some people might believe that his conclusion is too radical, Singer insists that it is the logical result of his argument. In sum, his view is that all affluent people should give much more to famine relief.
In this essay, the author
- Analyzes peter singer's argument that giving to famine relief is not optional but a moral duty and failing to contribute money is immoral. singer believes that unless you can find something wrong with the following argument you will have to drastically change your lifestyle and how you spend your money.
- Opines that singer's conclusion is underdeveloped, and that he takes his argument to far and demands too much.
- Opines that singer uses the assumption that suffering and death from lack of food, shelter, and medical care are bad because most people would agree and it isn't controversial.
- Analyzes peter singer's argument that giving to famine relief is not optional but a moral duty and failing to contribute money is immoral. singer believes that unless you can find something wrong with the following argument you will have to drastically change your lifestyle and how you spend your money.
- Opines that singer's conclusion is underdeveloped, and that he takes his argument to far and demands too much.
- Opines that singer uses the assumption that suffering and death from lack of food, shelter, and medical care are bad because most people would agree and it isn't controversial.
- Analyzes singer's strong principle and weak principle, which is variation of the first. singer believes that we are obliged to limit moral wrong.
- Explains singer's strong principle of "comparable moral importance" — if it is in our power to prevent something bad from happening, without sacrificing anything of moral significance, we ought to do it.
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Peter Singer's Argument in Famine, Affluence and Morality
analytical essay
This paper explores Peter Singer’s argument, in Famine, Affluence, and Morality, that we have morally required obligations to those in need. The explanation of his argument and conclusion, if accepted, would dictate changes to our lifestyle as well as our conceptions of duty and charity, and would be particularly demanding of the affluent. In response to the central case presented by Singer, John Kekes offers his version, which he labels the and points out some objections. Revisions of the principle provide some response to the objections, but raise additional problems. Yet, in the end, the revisions provide support for Singer’s basic argument that, in some way, we ought to help those in need.
In this essay, the author
- Analyzes peter singer's argument, in famine, affluence, and morality, that we have morally required obligations to those in need.
- Analyzes singer's argument in terms of famine relief, although it has broader applicability, the discussion mostly falls under this specific topic.
- Opines that most people would agree with suffering and death to a lack of basic needs. however, some might still object for reasons that would be challenging or impossible to refute.
- Analyzes peter singer's argument, in famine, affluence, and morality, that we have morally required obligations to those in need.
- Analyzes singer's argument in terms of famine relief, although it has broader applicability, the discussion mostly falls under this specific topic.
- Opines that most people would agree with suffering and death to a lack of basic needs. however, some might still object for reasons that would be challenging or impossible to refute.
- Explains that the second premise (p2) states the challenge here does not lie in the prevention of something bad since this would seem rather uncontroversial given our acceptance of p1. the sacrifice clause requires clarification before proceeding.
- Explains singer proposes a more moderate version of the second premise (p2') — the sacrifice clause would create an obligation to act in cases where we would give up something insignificant.
- Explains that they should jump in and save the child's life after a heavy rain. the motivation is to prevent her death, which would be bad, despite the insignificant sacrifice of wet clothing or damaged phone.
- Explains that nearness is unimportant, so obligations would not be constrained by distance. they must treat everybody the same, near or far, since distance is immaterial.
- Opines that their obligation remains the same regardless of whether they alone can make a difference or i am but one of millions who could. they might be tempted to pass on their obligations by pointing out that others are not fulfilling
- Illustrates how the drowning child in the retention pond is seen by a handful of people, but none is attempting to save her. the inactions of others have no bearing on what they must do.
- Explains that everyone should give their fair share to meet their obligation to save as many lives as possible.
- Analyzes singer's argument that failure to give is wrong because we must direct every extra resource to those suffering from death and starvation. this raises an important implication for the affluent.
- Analyzes john kekes' essay on the supposed obligation to relieve famine. he revises p2 to reflect what he calls the prevention-principle (pp).
- Explains that singer believes a proper understanding of ethics requires principles be applied equally to the interests of all who are affected.
- Argues that catering equally to interests has a disturbing implication. it seems wrong to consider equally the interests of terrorists, hostages, or criminals and victims.
- Argues that self-interest often trumps ethics in our society and it is irrational to argue with or entice people to act ethically. singer seems to force the issue with bullying instead.
- Opines that a change in strategy would be to alter the discussion of death to more basic point about doing something to alleviate suffering.
- Explains that kekes proposes a responsibility-principle (rp) where we are responsible for freely undertaken actions involving decisions and circumstances that produce some anticipated result. societal ethics and laws are similarly grounded.
- Argues that even a weakened version of pp' is subject to objections. those living in poverty and suffering have responsibility for their actions too, and should others be obligated to help them.
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