Global Economic Justice Analysis Paper
There are four ethical responses to world hunger evaluated by Pojman. Though all four responses proffer solutions to the problem of hunger in the world today, the implacable and inhuman of them is the Neo- Malthusianism due to its ruthlessness, indifference to human suffering, and its inability to take cognizance of the roles of the western world in promoting the impoverished status of most third world countries through foreign policies; because all nations of the world are mutually connected, this connection has aided in the exploitation of the poor countries by the rich ones to their advantages.
Malthusianism theory expounds the connection between food supply and population growth by asserting that population increase faster than food supply, and if unchecked may cause misery. (TML 900). Malthus …show more content…
Garret Hardin, a prominent supporter of Neo Malthusianism gave undue emphasis on the relationship between population and food supply, but it is important to know that the problem of population is not one of size only, but also effective production and fair distribution, this makes the theory pessimistic because it creates a bleak picture and threatens people with famine, wars, epidemics, poverty, and misery (TML, p. 902). Hardin based his argument of not giving aid to the poor nations on the premise that it is wrong to give food to them because doing so will increase their procreation, and the means of survival would be in the same proportion as population, therefore everyone would only get to have basic minimum, and people’s standard of living will not rise in the long run, rather he proposed “atomic bombs” would serve the best purpose in reducing the population of the poor nations (TML, p. 902). This I view
There are four ethical responses to world hunger evaluated by Pojman. Though all four responses proffer solutions to the problem of hunger in the world today, the implacable and inhuman of them is the Neo- Malthusianism due to its ruthlessness, indifference to human suffering, and its inability to take cognizance of the roles of the western world in promoting the impoverished status of most third world countries through foreign policies; because all nations of the world are mutually connected, this connection has aided in the exploitation of the poor countries by the rich ones to their advantages.
Malthusianism theory expounds the connection between food supply and population growth by asserting that population increase faster than food supply, and if unchecked may cause misery. (TML 900). Malthus …show more content…
Garret Hardin, a prominent supporter of Neo Malthusianism gave undue emphasis on the relationship between population and food supply, but it is important to know that the problem of population is not one of size only, but also effective production and fair distribution, this makes the theory pessimistic because it creates a bleak picture and threatens people with famine, wars, epidemics, poverty, and misery (TML, p. 902). Hardin based his argument of not giving aid to the poor nations on the premise that it is wrong to give food to them because doing so will increase their procreation, and the means of survival would be in the same proportion as population, therefore everyone would only get to have basic minimum, and people’s standard of living will not rise in the long run, rather he proposed “atomic bombs” would serve the best purpose in reducing the population of the poor nations (TML, p. 902). This I view