Peter Singer a professor of bioethics called the attention of the urgent need for food and medicine in certain parts of the world in an article he wrote that appeared in the New York Times Magazine titled “The Singer Solution to World Poverty”. In his article he argues that the wealthy class should donate whichever money they spend on “luxuries” to oversea organizations such as UNICEF and Oxfam America. I think that it is a simpleton idea that has no real thought behind it. Time and time again there have been people in the past that have repeated this argument over and over again. But these people who claim that this is an easy idea refuse to see it from the wealth point of view. Those people put in the extra risk and work to get the prosperous
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How easy it would be for the well accommodated to willingly give what they don’t need to charity and help solve the world’s problem. The thing is you don’t need to be “wealthy” to understand why you don’t see many of these kinds of people donating whatever they can. I work for my school in the after hours feeding the who choose to stay after school for other activities. I work 3 out if the five days for 2 hours. I feed the middle school first, wipe down the tables (after cleaning up the trash they leave behind) and repeat for the high schoolers, from 3:30 to 5:45. Is the the best job in the world obviously not but it's manageable. Now here’s the thing, when I get my paycheck I always have the option of cashing it out and donating all to charity because my parents already support my basic needs so what do I need the extra money for. It’s the sensation that you get when you get that envelope in your hands and you say to yourself that you’ve earned this and you feel so good that you decide to reward yourself not give it a way, Did those people that you’re giving the money work those hours after school giving un valuable free time, I think not so why would spend money in them when instead you would prefer to reward your hard work and buy yourself a pair of new
How easy it would be for the well accommodated to willingly give what they don’t need to charity and help solve the world’s problem. The thing is you don’t need to be “wealthy” to understand why you don’t see many of these kinds of people donating whatever they can. I work for my school in the after hours feeding the who choose to stay after school for other activities. I work 3 out if the five days for 2 hours. I feed the middle school first, wipe down the tables (after cleaning up the trash they leave behind) and repeat for the high schoolers, from 3:30 to 5:45. Is the the best job in the world obviously not but it's manageable. Now here’s the thing, when I get my paycheck I always have the option of cashing it out and donating all to charity because my parents already support my basic needs so what do I need the extra money for. It’s the sensation that you get when you get that envelope in your hands and you say to yourself that you’ve earned this and you feel so good that you decide to reward yourself not give it a way, Did those people that you’re giving the money work those hours after school giving un valuable free time, I think not so why would spend money in them when instead you would prefer to reward your hard work and buy yourself a pair of new