Prof Dingman
WR 201
7 June 2015 The cost of a human life How much you do think your life cost? How much your parents are worth? One time or another we’ve ask ourselves these questions but now you have to ask yourself how much is the life of a homeless person? In the article, “What Should a Billionaire Give and What Should You” by Peter Singer, he asked what is a human life worth? In his opinion that is based on the action of many people, who ignore needs of people who are poor, life isn’t worth as much as someone who thinks it would be. I can agree with Singer due to the actions of people when they pass by when there are beggars on the street, when volunteers ask for food or clothes, and. Singer proceeds to correctly …show more content…
I as a human being try to do as much as I can to help them. I donate many articles of clothing to shelters and donate what I can give to the homeless even when it is to feed a habit that they have. For example when I was seventeen, I had been walking out of a McDonald’s when I was approach by women who was homeless and she had asked me for money. I gave most of my change and thought nothing but I had stayed and noticed that many of people that came after me, didn’t even look twice at the woman. I didn’t understand why they wouldn’t pay attention to her even though she was three feet away. I had notice my father didn’t give any money or care about the homeless. I have asked him a couple of times why doesn’t he just give them money, and had said that it was because he didn’t believe them anymore. Then he explained that he just thought they didn’t matter cause they had gotten themselves in that place. I believe most people have lost their faith in humanity due experiences with people are on welfare; section eight, or the homeless asking for money in the parking lot. I think the reading the stats how to improve these conditions of by Singer gave me the idea that we should try in a way have the rich pay large tax or regulate for rich people to pay so it …show more content…
Like Singer had said if everyone does his or her fair share it would help so much to get these families out of struggling with medical issues, starvation, or education. You have to wonder how many college tuitions, medical expensive, how much education would a four year old in a third world would