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    While the Great famine could not have happened without the failure of the potato crop – something beyond the control of the British Government- their subsequent response, or there lack of, to the crisis greatly contributed to the devastation caused by the blight. As evidenced by Tony Blair’s 1997 apology to the Irish people, the British Government’s policies during the Great Famine toward a country it was, on paper at least, in union with, were unforgivable. Although the Conservative government…

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    life with all the necessary essentials, which can include food, shelter, and medical care. Unfortunately, not every individual in our flawed world has feasible access to either one or all of these life essential elements. In Peter Singer’s essay, “Famine, Affluence, and Morality”, Singer emphasizes the importance of giving back to those who are less fortunate than the rest of us. Singer in particular claims that those who are affluent individuals in society should feel morally obligated to…

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    (Intro) Peter Singer’s “Famine, Affluence, and Morality” and Garrett Hardin’s “Lifeboat ethics” are contradictory philosophical works that examine whether scarce resources should be shared with the poor. Singer’s argument is that “suffering and death from lack of food, shelter and medical care are bad" (Singer, 1972); therefore all people become morally obligated to help the poor. While Hardin argues that ethics of a Lifeboat should be followed because there is a finite amount of resources…

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    everyone has a different and unique living situation and may have risen up from poverty themselves, therefore, citizens living in affluent countries do not need to give up luxuries and much of one’s income to aid in global poverty. In his article, “Famine, Affluence, and Morality”, Peter Singer attempts to convince his…

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    Nobel Laureate Dr. Amertya Sen displayed a very compelling account of famine problems in this book. It gives the relationship of famine to poverty and focused on causes of starvation. The book is divided into three sections: Understanding about poverty and starvation in simple manner, Case Studies, Economical theory and formulas .In this book, Dr. Sen puts the complex topic in simple way. Dr. Amertya Sen explained famine cycle of various parts of world during 20th Century and displayed picture…

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    The Potato Famine, or Blight, was first recorded August, 1845 in Dublin, Ireland. It was the beginning of the greatest famine Europe would face in the 19th century. In a mere five years the potato harvest failed four times. During the famine, “... over one million Irish perished and a further two million fled the land, never to return.” (Nally, David. “That Coming Storm”). In just under five years, three million people were either dead or had immigrated. Needless to say the Potato Famine forever…

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    In “Famine Diary” by Gerald Keegan we are shown the hardships that the people in Ireland had to endure. During the famine, many died from hunger and were not making enough to keep their families alive which led many to leave everything behind to survive a little longer. Others renounced their faith and became protestant so that they could receive a cup of soup. Although Ireland was in famine they were sending out an abundance of food to England, as it was part of England’s economic policy.…

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    A famine is defined as a shortage or scarcity of food and it can affect many people in negative ways and lead to many tragic events. The Irish Potato famine was one of the worst famines to occur in Europe.The Irish Potato Famine affected Irish society and it’s people immensely. The famine affected society through the people, through the government, and through economics. The famine began due to a bacteria that attacked the crops and destroyed them. Potatoes were the easiest crop to grow,…

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    issues occuring in Ireland during the mid 1840s to the early 1850s, was the Irish potato famine. There is some debate over whether the British were to blame for the mass emigration of the Irish, or that this emigration was bound to happen anyway. Many historians have established their positions on this issue, including Christine Kinealy and Hasia R. Diner. Kinealy, the author of This Great Calamity: The Irish Famine 1845-52, argues that the British are to blame for this mass emigration from…

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    the Irish Potato Famine changed Ireland in a variety of ways. Farmers and regular people were starving to death due to the lack of healthy potatoes. The people in Ireland were extremely dependent on potatoes and when the blight came the economy went down. As the fungus spread throughout the country, people began to lose their main source of food. Since the people in Ireland depended on the potato, it made the population cripple with the lack of a healthy food. The Irish Potato Famine was not…

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