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Extreme Poverty: The Furesians

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The Furesians, people who live in extreme poverty have exceeded almost more than half of their population, because of the greed the Eggonians developed with locking the frazzles in factories so they would be able to produce eggs year long, which made the economy of Eggonia flourish. As a member of Eggonia 's Grand Council on Ethics, I will appoint Peter Singer, a promising utilitarian philosopher as a consultant to help us consider the financial restoration, and, make Furesia an economically thriving country again. My view on the issue between the Eggonians, who became greedy and found a scientific loop hole in the process of capturing the frazzles and storing then in factories so they can become prosperous off of them is wrong. For me, the …show more content…

But on the other side, the Furesians are the absolute poverty; they are in an economic position in which one lacks the sufficient income in cash or kind to the most basic biological needs for food, clothing, and shelter. Economically speaking, the poverty and morality rate of the Furesians is quite low, most suffer from starvation, dehydration, and not having a home. "An American household with an income of $50,000 spends around $30,000 annually on necessities, according to the Conference Board, a nonprofit economic research organization."(Singer 3) This quote represents the same situation of the economic differences between the Eggonians and the Furesians. With the help of Singer, I will propose a solution for the Furesians. The Eggonians, people who have the primary needs to survive (food, water, medical attention, and a …show more content…

This is the view of Singer, charity is the virtue that requires us to seek what 's best for other. Let 's take in the perspective of Haiti, a country which is rated one of the highest percentile in poverty, almost 77 percent. "The World Bank notes that more than half of Haiti’s population lives on less than $1 a day, while about 80% of the country lives on less than $2 a day." (Sauter) The reason why Haiti is one of the top impoverished countries in the world, was because of a 7 magnitude scale earthquake, which struck Haiti five years ago, and over those pass 5 years, they still haven 't finished building. This is similarly compared to the Furesians, well some perhaps, they both live in extreme poverty surviving on less than $2 a day. " According to a USAID report, the death toll from the earthquake was between 46,000 and 85,000, while the official figure by the Haitian government estimated the death toll at 316,000." (Daniel) Again similar to the Eggonians and the impoverished death tolls they faced because of the Furesians, but of course Haiti was caused by the

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