The Singer Solution to World Poverty essays
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Introduction In his work "The Singer Solution to World Poverty," philosopher and ethicist Peter Singer asks readers to consider a moral problem having global implications. A daring suggestion in his article, published in 1999, that wealthy people should devote a sizable amount of their fortune to reducing severe poverty sparks a substantial controversy. He contends we have noble duties going beyond our comfort zones and implores us to think about the lives at risk in underdeveloped areas. Article Summary In...
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With this paper, I attempt to explain what global poverty is and how Peter Singer, a renowned philosopher, puts it. One should be able to clearly see, with this thesis, the moral obligation of the rich towards the people in extreme poverty. I will also briefly look at how demands of huge donations might attack incentives of the rich to work further so as to respond to the objection raised to Singer’s argument that there is “no way of telling...
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Introduction Singer’s use of extreme hypotheticals to indicate how we should donate our unnecessary belongings, money, and time appeals to the emotional and logical sensibilities of the reader, but it creates a gray horizon because there is no direct explanation of what is considered a necessity, nor is there a law that states that one is obligated to donate. Despite Singer overshooting his argument, we should value the livelihood of the poor because prosperous nations have grown too accustomed to...
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Introduction In the works of both Matt Zwolinski and Peter Singer, the two political philosophers explore the moral necessities surrounding altruistic international assistance and economic relationships, demonstrating the need for greater, more pragmatic international support for developing countries in the context of the global free market. Singer and Effective Altruism In the essay “Affluence, Famine, and Morality,” Peter Singer argues that people in affluent countries have a moral obligation to provide more international humanitarian assistance, especially toward disaster relief. He...
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