Introduction
Many have been in a situation where they were asked if they would like to donate to a foundation of some sort. We have all had an opportunity to help or ignore. Which is the main problem in the article “The Solution to World Poverty.” Peter Singer, the author of this article gives various examples on how people act in a situation relating to poverty. He uses examples from a movie called Central Station and a book by Peter Unger called Living High and Letting Die. These examples were life and death situations that emphasized on his main point.
Summary
What I took from this article is an author who feels for children in poverty. He wants to make people aware of the problem at hand that we as people face every day. He is trying …show more content…
In his article he says, “I do not believe that children are more worth saving than adults, but since no one can argue that children have brought their poverty on themselves, focusing on them simplifies the issues.” Who said that no one could argue with that statement? No I am not saying that children did bring poverty upon themselves but neither did adults in those same countries overseas. The same children that are hungry, without shelter and are ill goes for the adults too. For example, Hurricane Matthew just passed and I know there are people who lost their homes, jobs and loved ones. Those people are majority adults considering children don’t work nor own houses so why not focus on them too. Adults can and are suffering from poverty as well as children. Although, everyone can agree that children are still young and full of life but just because adults are older doesn’t mean forget them. They are still people and they still matter. In this article by Juliette Cubanski, she states, “Rates of poverty for all three groups were higher under the SPM, with 28 percent of Hispanic adults, 22 percent of black adults, and 12 percent of white adults ages 65 and older living below the SPM poverty thresholds in 2013”. This information is only stating statistics for America’s adults. Although, not including adults to this article makes Singer no better than Bob and his Bugatti. In the same situation, would Singer …show more content…
I was only a teenager who was working minimum wage and didn’t have $200 dollars to donate. When I did have money I would donate and I would feel good about it too. The best part about donating is when they give you a card to write your name on and they place it on the wall showing everyone that you cared enough to donate. I personally like that feeling, it’s like a sense of love I get. Reading this article has reminded me of that feeling and is mainly the reason I disagree with Singers opinion. Donating doesn’t make you more or less of a person. Donating is an act of kindness and if we are expected to donate than that kindness is gone, it’s no longer a good feeling. Singer has an idea suggesting that the government gets involved to influence the act of giving. He writes, “Another, related, objection is that the Government ought to increase its overseas aid allocations, since that would spread the burden more equitably across all taxpayers.” I only have one statement towards this and that is, who will that benefit? We as American citizens already pay taxes just to the government who uses are funds specifically for war and military growth. I highly doubt they’ll give a portion of what we pay to charities plus like I mentioned before the act of kindness will no longer be the same, it would be
Many have been in a situation where they were asked if they would like to donate to a foundation of some sort. We have all had an opportunity to help or ignore. Which is the main problem in the article “The Solution to World Poverty.” Peter Singer, the author of this article gives various examples on how people act in a situation relating to poverty. He uses examples from a movie called Central Station and a book by Peter Unger called Living High and Letting Die. These examples were life and death situations that emphasized on his main point.
Summary
What I took from this article is an author who feels for children in poverty. He wants to make people aware of the problem at hand that we as people face every day. He is trying …show more content…
In his article he says, “I do not believe that children are more worth saving than adults, but since no one can argue that children have brought their poverty on themselves, focusing on them simplifies the issues.” Who said that no one could argue with that statement? No I am not saying that children did bring poverty upon themselves but neither did adults in those same countries overseas. The same children that are hungry, without shelter and are ill goes for the adults too. For example, Hurricane Matthew just passed and I know there are people who lost their homes, jobs and loved ones. Those people are majority adults considering children don’t work nor own houses so why not focus on them too. Adults can and are suffering from poverty as well as children. Although, everyone can agree that children are still young and full of life but just because adults are older doesn’t mean forget them. They are still people and they still matter. In this article by Juliette Cubanski, she states, “Rates of poverty for all three groups were higher under the SPM, with 28 percent of Hispanic adults, 22 percent of black adults, and 12 percent of white adults ages 65 and older living below the SPM poverty thresholds in 2013”. This information is only stating statistics for America’s adults. Although, not including adults to this article makes Singer no better than Bob and his Bugatti. In the same situation, would Singer …show more content…
I was only a teenager who was working minimum wage and didn’t have $200 dollars to donate. When I did have money I would donate and I would feel good about it too. The best part about donating is when they give you a card to write your name on and they place it on the wall showing everyone that you cared enough to donate. I personally like that feeling, it’s like a sense of love I get. Reading this article has reminded me of that feeling and is mainly the reason I disagree with Singers opinion. Donating doesn’t make you more or less of a person. Donating is an act of kindness and if we are expected to donate than that kindness is gone, it’s no longer a good feeling. Singer has an idea suggesting that the government gets involved to influence the act of giving. He writes, “Another, related, objection is that the Government ought to increase its overseas aid allocations, since that would spread the burden more equitably across all taxpayers.” I only have one statement towards this and that is, who will that benefit? We as American citizens already pay taxes just to the government who uses are funds specifically for war and military growth. I highly doubt they’ll give a portion of what we pay to charities plus like I mentioned before the act of kindness will no longer be the same, it would be