Singer On Poverty In America

Taylor,

I liked how you incorporated the fact that most Americans are beyond lucky when it comes to the adequate supply of food we have and how others around the world are not as blessed. This showing that many Americans take for granted the resources that we have. By including this you explain that we are very lucky, and therefore it would be possible for us to help others in need. You stated, “It rarely comes into our minds about the possibility of spending our money to benefit others rather than to benefit ourselves,” which is something that is in fact very true about most people (Long 1). I also agree with your opinion that it America should work on helping people who face poverty in our country, before helping those in other countries.

As he included, “if it is in our power to prevent something very bad from happening, without thereby sacrificing anything morally significant, we ought, morally to do it”(Singer 332). As you said, yes people should help others, but they shouldn’t put themselves in tough situation or “break the bank” trying to help someone else. Also, Singer stated, “The charitable man may be praised, but the man who is not charitable is not condemned” (Singer 334). I think he meant that, it can be the right thing to do to help someone in poverty, but it is not always wrong if you cannot help them. I agree with your opinion that people want to spend money on things that make them happy. Although I never thought of the idea, I think getting people to donate money out of happiness instead of out of pity is a great

I agree that, these website organizations could be scams because we never exactly see where our money is going. As I included in my discussion, I may think I’m paying a dollar a day for someone experiencing starvation to eat, when in all actuality the internet organization may be using my money for themselves.

When it comes to Hardin’s opinion on world poverty and hunger, I did not agree with much of his article. I noticed that he did not talk about the fact that we should help because he doesn’t believe that we should help. He states that, ““rich nations such as the United States do not have any moral obligation to help poor nations with needy people” (Hardin 339). Therefore I have to disagree with your statement, “then we can use Hardin’s stratifies to solve the issue at hand” (Long 1). I do not agree with Hardin’s strategies or his selfish ways at