“The Singer Solution to World Poverty” 795 million people in the world, roughly one out of every nine, do not get enough food to live a healthy life. More than three billion, nearly half of the world’s population, live on less than $2.50 a day. Peter Singer, an altruistic professor of bioethics, created a highly complimented and criticized resolution for ending world poverty. The most prominent point of “The Singer Solution to World Poverty” is this: “the formula is simple: whatever money you’re spending on luxuries, not necessities, should be given away”. This idea of everyone donating their excess income would work in a perfect world, but it is not that easy. If “The Singer Solution to World Poverty” went into action, the world would face
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Money can be an extremely big motivator for people when deciding which career to go into. In fact, only 13% of people worldwide enjoy going to work, and based on a study done by IQMS, money is the most important factor people take into consideration when deciding on an occupation. Without the opportunity to make more money, people would begin to do the bare minimum of work necessary because there is nothing motivating them to work harder. Money is a primary reason why people work 12 hour swing shifts, why they choose to work overtime, and why they decide to pursue careers that are not ‘easy’. Employees working more challenging jobs would no longer be earning a benefit (making a large paycheck) that very well could have been the only reason they decided to go into that field of work. Taking away this benefit would decrease the amount of people willing to do more than least possible amount of work. Soon enough, we would be lacking workers needed for more difficult jobs and instead have an abundance of people willing to work in easier fields. Singer’s solution seems good on paper, but in all actuality would negatively affect the ambition and drive employees currently have to work difficult
Money can be an extremely big motivator for people when deciding which career to go into. In fact, only 13% of people worldwide enjoy going to work, and based on a study done by IQMS, money is the most important factor people take into consideration when deciding on an occupation. Without the opportunity to make more money, people would begin to do the bare minimum of work necessary because there is nothing motivating them to work harder. Money is a primary reason why people work 12 hour swing shifts, why they choose to work overtime, and why they decide to pursue careers that are not ‘easy’. Employees working more challenging jobs would no longer be earning a benefit (making a large paycheck) that very well could have been the only reason they decided to go into that field of work. Taking away this benefit would decrease the amount of people willing to do more than least possible amount of work. Soon enough, we would be lacking workers needed for more difficult jobs and instead have an abundance of people willing to work in easier fields. Singer’s solution seems good on paper, but in all actuality would negatively affect the ambition and drive employees currently have to work difficult