Philosophy Assignment

Philosophy Assignment

Chapter 13: World Hunger and Poverty

Garrett Hardin talks about the Lifeboat Ethics, in which he makes assumptions of rich nations that, are lifeboats full of rich people and poor nations are (too much crowded) lifeboats full of poor people. There are three options: unlimited sharing, selective sharing and no sharing, from which Hardin argued over the No sharing option.

Peter Singer says that if a person drowns in a small pond and we ignore him to save him, then we have done something wrong. This suggests that we ought to donate relatively small amounts of money to save those who ...