Does an individual affect the community that they are part of? There is a phenomenon known as the butterfly effect , where the smallest actions can have momentous effects. This theory is applicable to sciences such as physics, but also sociology such interactions of a community and a person’s role within it. Although an individual uses their community for early development, it is that individual’s responsibility to maintain that community once they have matured. In situations where $200 donations could save lives, “there will always be another child whose life you could save for $200.” (Singer). In Singer’s piece, the focus lies on the global community and what the $200 does for the child in Africa rather than the one across the street …show more content…
In World Economic Forum, an illustration, “there are so many sessions” that people “can’t decide between ‘hunger’ and ‘poverty’” (Zapiro). This depiction is an example of how many individuals who have been chosen to lead and hold higher standing in the community have lost touch with their communities and take many of the issues at hand rather than to heart. It proves that staying in touch with one’s community and origins is important for a thriving community, otherwise an individual may never really gain the necessary experience to be an active member of their …show more content…
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To describe Peter Singer’s main argument for why we have an obligation to help people in need, I will
He comes to this conclusion through his un-satisfaction with the world we currently live in. Singer takes a strong awareness towards the impoverished and proclaims that that should not be the case when there are people living
In his 1972 essay “Famine, Affluence, and Poverty”, Peter Singer tackles what seems on the surface to be a fairly simple debacle. He opens his essay by discussing the lack of food, shelter, and medical care in East Bengal. It is a given that every human deserves, in the very least, food, a place to sleep, and basic medical care. Singer claims that the problems involving poverty around the world is not an inevitable problem. He alleges that if we all pitched in what we can, these problems could be abolished. But unfortunately many people do not want to give up what they have for the sake of others. For these people, Singer put forth his seemingly obvious argument. It goes as follows:
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Another weakness of Singer’s article is the aggressive language he uses throughout his piece of writing to influence the reader. For example, his use of forceful dialogue encourages people to give money in this following statement, Telling the reader what to do is not an effective way to convince an audience to make a contribution.
...significant moral importance. Yet, moral autonomy is morally significant and entails that individuals do not have a moral duty to fully devote themselves to the elimination of world poverty. Nonetheless, tradeoffs exist between working towards the elimination of poverty, which has the certainty of providing beneficial consequences, and choosing to pursue one’s personal interests, which has a lower but still significant chance of providing societal benefits. It is impossible to compare the societal positives of the results of pursuing one’s interests, as well as to the degree of the beneficial outcome. While Singer’s solution to world poverty is a valid, inherent flaws still exist within his argument.
Traveling back in time to change the future for better, but instead creating a world that is being destroyed. In the movie The Butterfly Effect, a group of people travel back in time to change the future. While in the past, a man was knocked outside of the marked path smashing a butterfly changing the future for the worse. Even though killing a butterfly does not seem to have a major impact on the future, it changes it entirely. This concept is the general idea of cause and effect, otherwise known as causality. These slight movements can change utopian societies into dystopian societies. A utopian society is known as the perfect world, where absolutely nothing goes wrong. Dystopian societies can be identified as worlds that are in ruins from the previous society. Utopian Societies can be a world without preservatives, but without those preservatives food begins to deteriorate rapidly, leaving the nation without farms starving, thus turning into a dystopian society. Pieces of the present can be examined to determine the future, this process is
In his article, the author Peter Singer presents valid points within his work in a way that provokes one to question their morals and ethics. He rationalizes the gift of donation in an unconventional but motivating manor. The purpose of “The Singer Solution to World Poverty” is to encourage people to reevaluate his or her ability to contribute to the underprivileged people of the world. Singer is addressing this article to any person with the ability to donate. The author makes it clear that nearly everyone has the ability to make a difference is others lives. Additionally, in “The Singer Solution to World Poverty”, the author explain that we have a duty to give, but he is not stating whether it is a duty of justice in Narveson’s sense. He is not stating if would be morally correct for anyone to force us or impose to us to give to the needy. This author is trying to persuade or convince people to give voluntarily. The author is not enforcing to do something, this is contrary to Narveson’s position “enforced fee”. “The Singer Solution to World Poverty” addresses the urgency for a more generous world. Peter Singer presents valid points within his work in a way that provokes one to question their morals and ethics. He rationalizes the gift of donation in an unconventional but motivating manor. The main purpose of “The Singer Solution to World Poverty” is to
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The Butterfly Effect according to Chaos Theory is a concept that states that just like the flap of a butterfly's wings might eventually cause a tornado, any small cause can have a large effect. The term for this already known theory was coined by Edward Lorenz who is well known for the Chaos Theory and Lorenz Attractor. From short stories such as "A Sound of Thunder" to the cult classic "Back to the Future", the Butterfly Effect has always been apart of pop culture in some form. In the 1998 iconic film "Sliding Doors" the main protagonist is shown in parallel of her missing the train, and her getting on the train and the events that occur because of each scenario. The ever so popular video game "Life is Strange" main plot is centered on Max Caulfield who is given the power to rewind time after she tries desperately to save her friend's life. However because her friend did not die when she was supposed to, a storm is now threatening to destroy her hometown and everyone in it so
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Singer argues that people who live in countries that are affluent should change their ways of living and their conception of what
This obligatory nature of his argument urges people to donate the money that would otherwise be spent on luxuries. Singer’s profound conclusion has been supported by an analogy: What would you do if you saw a small child drowning? There can be little doubt that, despite the inconvenience of getting our clothes muddy and shoes wet, people will attempt to save the child’s life. From this example, Singer builds on to argue that there is no moral difference between letting the child drown and letting one die of poverty in a greater geographical distance. After refuting some objections raised by other scholars, Singer reiterates the importance of our obligation to help, which should not be lessened by the refusal of other people to help.