Lifeboat

to just leave them to fend for themselves? In his essay “Famine, Affluence, and Morality,” Peter Singer argues that it is the moral responsibility of the affluent and well off to help those in poor circumstances while Garret Hardin in his essay, “Lifeboat Ethics: the Case Against Helping the Poor,” does not disagree with Singer but explains why helping the poor may not be the preferred method in resolving their issues. One of the big questions that both of these cases address is whose…

As population numbers of every country is different, needed resources are also unequal. In our crowded world, there are many people who are living good lives while two thirds of the population are living a poor life. Through Lifeboat Ethics: the Case against Helping the Poor written by Garrett Hardin (1974) it explains how there are many dangers of overpopulation through the world. Hardin goes into detail about how overpopulation and having different population’s causes for an unequal resource…

the lifeboats. She also could’ve said more about how cold the water was when the Titanic sank. Everyone who couldn’t get on a lifeboat had to stay in the water. All, but one, died in the water. Including more facts about the lifeboats and the temperature of the ocean would’ve made Titanic Voices From the Disaster more interesting. The lifeboats definitely could’ve made this book more interesting. Something interesting that should’ve been included in the book is the order that the lifeboats were…

There is one sunken ship and one boy, Pi, in a lifeboat stranded in the pacific ocean, but there are two extreme stories of survival. Which is the better and true story? The first story tells of the boy surviving in the lifeboat filled with dangerous wild beasts and him visiting a carnivorous island where the only animals were meerkats. The second story tells of the boy on the lifeboat with three other survivors but, one turns cannibalistic and consumes the two other passengers. In the book Life…

not little. After the ship hit the iceberg, Captain E. J. Smith ordered all of the lifeboats to be uncovered and to send wireless messages for help. Water was coming in through the gash the iceberg made on the bottom starboard, or the right side of the ship. The upper class did not pay any attention to the hit. However, the lower classes felt the impact of the iceberg and the ship. As the captain ordered the lifeboats to be uncovered, he called down to the engine room to seal all of the…

and if they did they never socialized with one another. The social inequality led to certain categories of people more likely to survive than others. However, husbands and brothers rushed and brought their family of women and children first to the lifeboats. Therefore, a large amount of women and children were saved on the Titanic. But other than that, it was up to them to save themselves. The biggest tragedy among the ship was the crew. A motto of staying together and helping the other…

Officer and only surviving commanding officer on the maiden and final voyage of the White Star Line’s ‘unsinkable’ Titanic. After the ship collided with an iceberg, Lightoller oversaw the of loading passengers into lifeboats on the port side, famously only allowing one man on all eleven lifeboats. Lightoller, after a narrow escape from death after going down with the ship, went on to give key testimonies for both the US inquiry and the British Board of Trade inquiry. Twenty-two years after the…

story, was about Douglas that was the only child of Frederic and Daisy Spedden when they boarded the Titanic. An hour after the shuddering collision, Douglas, his mother, Daisy, and two servants went into lifeboat 3. The dad was also allowed to get into a lifeboat when they let men get into lifeboats early on. They had all fortunately survived! Sadly Douglas’s life was cut short on August 6, 1915, two years after the Titanic crashed. While he was playing football, he ran in front of the…

different ways: with Hinduism, Christianity, and Islam. However, Pi learned most when he was trapped on a lifeboat for 227 with a tiger. When Pi was sixteen, his father sold their beloved zoo and animals so they could move to Canada. While on the Tsimtsum, a storm struck and the boat started to sink. Pi was thrown onto a lifeboat and before anyone else could jump in, a zebra jumped onto the lifeboat and caused the…

“The Ship is sinking.” shouted captain John, “we must abandon ship.” “The life boats are ready!” Screamed sergeant Matt. The ship was sinking fast and Steven the young corporal and his brother were running for the lifeboats with the hope they wouldn't die. 2 days earlier It was 1945 and world war 2 was at the end of its months. Steven and Jake were young teenage brothers just out of high school and they wanted to serve their country…