Do you believe giving to poverty is a duty? Peter Singers believes that it is everyone’s duty to reduce poverty and death caused by poverty. He mentions that giving to charity is neither charitable nor generous; it is more of a duty to do so and not giving would be wrong. In my eyes, I see that as too demanding. My reasoning behind this is because it limits our freedom to act, it fails to recognize our own values as a person, and it isn’t our duty to reduce the unavoidable. Some may argue that there is a disadvantage to those who were born into wealth and those who were born into poverty, but those who are well driven will surpass the obstacle of poverty. I will argue against Singers argument that it is our duty to reduce poverty and death caused by poverty because it is too demanding.
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Number one, Suffering and/or dying of extreme poverty is very bad (Singers 231). Number two, if you can prevent something bad without sacrificing anything of comparable moral importance (like getting your clothes wet to save a drowning child), you ought to do so (Singers 231). Number three, do more to support famine relief, which is an organized effort to reduce death caused by starvation. Number four, if you do all these things, everyone will be living very differently than they do (Singers 231). When you first look at this you might agree but when you begin to analyze it, you notice that it is too
Number one, Suffering and/or dying of extreme poverty is very bad (Singers 231). Number two, if you can prevent something bad without sacrificing anything of comparable moral importance (like getting your clothes wet to save a drowning child), you ought to do so (Singers 231). Number three, do more to support famine relief, which is an organized effort to reduce death caused by starvation. Number four, if you do all these things, everyone will be living very differently than they do (Singers 231). When you first look at this you might agree but when you begin to analyze it, you notice that it is too