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Worksheet time: 8mins
condition characterized by severe deprivation of basic human needs, including food, safe water, sanitation, shelter, education, information, etc
multidimensional poverty
borderline poverty
extreme poverty
suffering
condition in which 3 or more indictors such as nutrition, child mortality, education, sanitation, water, etc result in
tri-functional poverty
multidimensional poverty
extreme poverty
tough times neva last
The (a) states that if you can prevent something bad from happening without thereby sacrificing anything of comparable moral importance, you ought to morally do so. it would be wrong if you did not.
What is true of "comparable moral importance"?
it involves the relationship between what you sacrifice/give and what you prevent or help
requires sacrificing your life
It includes having equal moral value
it does not require sacrificing your life
SInger's main argument claims that;
If the PoA is correct, you should devote spare resources to help other meet basic needs
the PoA is correct
Your should devote your basic needs to help others basic needs
You should devote your spare resources
What is meant by spare resources
Resources such as money, time, energy
resources that are not devoted to meeting your basic needs
resources you need to survive
resources that may be seen as luxuries
What is meant by "ought" in the POA?
obliged to help others no matter what
obliged to help others if we are in a position to do so
it implies it would be wrong if we fail to help when we are in position to
it implies it would be wrong if we fail to help no matter the circumstance
How is the qualified POA different than the standard
it replaces ought with must
it replaces comparable moral importance with anything of moral importance
it is more applicable to modern issues
it is more extreme
DIstance does not matter in helping others according to Singer
True
False
Others being around to help when you are in a position matters according to Singer
True
False
The Fair Share objection states that
The PoA is a fair principle and asks to give exactly what is necessary
You are only obligated to do your fair share
Your fair share is determined by the chance that everyone else helps proportionally
The PoA is not fair and asks be to give more than morality requires
