Comparing 'The Singer Solution To World Poverty'

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In the essay "A Modest Proposal" Johnathan Smith proposes a shocking way to alleviate poverty and overpopulation. In the essay "The Singer Solution to World Poverty" Peter Singer argues that wealthy individuals should donate a significant portion of their income to help people in need and to reduce global poverty. While both authors present a clear and arguable position, their arguments differ significantly in terms of plausibility, evidence, and tone. Singer presents a clear and arguable position because he talks about the issue of poverty and how people have a moral obligation to help alleviate it. Evidence states that “One genuine difference between Bob and those who can afford to donate to overseas aid organizations but don't is that only …show more content…

Swift presents a clear and arguable position on the poverty issue and also uses population control which would be eating the children to diminish poverty and overpopulation. Swift uses irony to convey this idea because of his use of irony, for example, the essay title is called “A Modest Proposal” which is ironic because the idea that he proposed to help with poverty is not modest. Singer’s argument is about how individuals have a moral obligation to donate a good portion of their income to help reduce global poverty. He states “Since there are a lot of desperately needy children in the world, there will always be another child whose life you could save for another $200. Are you therefore obliged to keep giving until you have nothing left? At what point can you stop” (Singer 5)? This makes his argument plausible since it is a reasonable solution to help poverty decrease. Some may argue that poverty is caused by a variety of factors like economic systems, or how much money you make in a year, but even if poverty is caused by this, wealthy individuals can still donate some of their money to help people out, even if it is just a small

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