...Solution of Poverty There is custom is most towns of Europe that white boards are fixed on the walls of coffee shops and restaurants. Customers often order on tea coffee, tea or such and such dish for white board when they order for themselves. Waiters serve their order to them and slip of extra items is pasted on such boards. These slips are for the poor people who can not afford such items. This is an excellent way of helping people which can be applied in our country also. 60% of population of Pakistan, half of that is on extreme of poverty, they are not blessed even with edibles, medicine, clothes and shoes. They are not only poor but real poor. We as a society are responsible for their rehabilitation because these people can live hand to mouth but never complained to anyone. It is also a fact the every able person tries to help these poor people to some extent. Pakistan is one of the top five donors but still poverty rate is increasing day by day. The main reason of this is that we give charity but we have no organized system of charity so we are unable to get rid of poverty. We needed to work on two levels; first level is immediate help, we should arrange edibles, medicine, and clothes. For that purpose we can take help from European model of eradication of poverty. We should fix white boards on all small and big restaurants, tea stalls, karyana shops, shoe shops, clothes shops, tailors, and vegetable shops, able persons of us should submit some money according his power...
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...The Solution to Poverty – Socially Responsible Parents My parents arrived in America 29 years ago, five years before I was born, with nothing but the lint in their pockets. Their story is not one of fulfilling the “Great American Dream” or going from “Rags to Riches”. They weren't heir to some hidden family fortune, nor did they miraculously win the lottery. Actually, my father still steals paper towels from work to make sure we have napkins for the dinner table. And two days ago, we stuffed my mother's purse full of ketchup packets from the McDonald's because we were running low at home. Are we impoverished? Absolutely not. We have a roof over our head, shoes under our feet and a very modest, but stable family income. After my mother has recently been laid off, my father is the solely responsible for paying car payments, mortgage, bills, and the daunting idea of successfully putting his three sons through college. If anyone reading this knew we collect rain water in five-gallon buckets and trash bins to do our laundry with, it would be a seen as an indicator of poverty. However, I am actually typing this on my MacBook, connected to the internet, and sitting rather comfortably in the air-conditioned school library, or at least as comfortable as one can be in a rickety wooden chair. I am the first one in my family to graduate college and am pursuing a higher education with a doctorate in pharmacy from the University of Charleston, and concurrently pursuing an MBA degree...
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...Topic: Poverty in Africa; Causes, Solutions and the Future Maxwell Adjei adjeimax89@gmail.com 1 Table of Content Page Number Introduction; Background of Poverty in Africa............................................................................3 What are the causes of Poverty in Africa......................................................................................4-5 a. Corruption- Bad Leadership and Weak Institutions...........................................,,.....5-6 b. Conflicts.....................................................................................................................6-7 c. Unfavourable Trade Policies- Weak Economies.......................................................7-8 Are there any possible solutions.................................................................................................8-9 a. Tackling Corruption- Strong Institutions and Good Governance..........................9-11 b. Building Infrastructure, Sound Economic Policies and Regional Integration.....11-15 c. Effective Management of Intractable Conflicts...................................................15-16 Conclusion....................................................................................................................................16 References.....................................................................................................................................17 2 Introduction Africa as a continent...
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...Unfortunately, I am not able to agree fully with both Hardin and Singer’s moral basis; my independent thought was not fully convinced by either writer. Therefore, I will attempt to rationalize my questionable judgement by comparing both writers’ flaws, as well as addressing their fair points. Singer’s Solution to World Poverty Hypothetical Scenario “The Singer Solution to World Poverty” consists primarily of hypothetical situations, two to be exact. The first is based on a Brazilian film, Central Station, which involves Dora a retired schoolteacher who is given the opportunity to pocket $1,000 simply by completing the task of delivering a 9 year old boy to the address given. Dora completes the task and receives the money which she quickly...
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...Singer’s Solution to World Poverty In this paper, I will argue that Singer fails to establish that we are morally required to give to charity. In Peter Singer’s Famine, Affluence, and Morality, he makes the claim that we ought to give up any surplus money we might have and send it to places like Bengal to prevent people from suffering or dying. However, is this really something we are obligated to do? Singer relies on two important yet controversial principles that help him establish his conclusion. These two principles state that, “…suffering and death from lack of food, shelter, and medical care are bad” and that “if it is in our power to prevent something bad from happening, without thereby sacrificing anything of comparable more importance, we ought, morally, to do it” (605). The first principle is most likely unable to be refuted as almost everyone can agree that suffering and death has nothing to do with good. Now the second principle can be explained by the example Singer gives that if you were in a situation where you were walking past a pond and see a child drowning you ought to pull the child out resulting in wet or muddy clothes, which in no means outweighs the death of a child. In other words, preventing something bad will always compensate ruining a materialistic thing or spending money on something insignificant. Relying on these two principles helps Singer establish his conclusion at the end of his argument. He first states that there are people in East...
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...A Poverty Solution That Starts With a Hug By NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF PERHAPS the most widespread peril children face isn’t guns, swimming pools or speeding cars. Rather, scientists are suggesting that it may be “toxic stress” early in life, or even before birth. This month, the American Academy of Pediatrics is issuing a landmark warning that this toxic stress can harm children for life. I’m as skeptical as anyone of headlines from new medical studies (Coffee is good for you! Coffee is bad for you!), but that’s not what this is. Rather, this is a “policy statement” from the premier association of pediatricians, based on two decades of scientific research. This has revolutionary implications for medicine and for how we can more effectively chip away at poverty and crime. Toxic stress might arise from parental abuse of alcohol or drugs. It could occur in a home where children are threatened and beaten. It might derive from chronic neglect — a child cries without being cuddled. Affection seems to defuse toxic stress — keep those hugs and lullabies coming! — suggesting that the stress emerges when a child senses persistent threats but no protector. Cues of a hostile or indifferent environment flood an infant, or even a fetus, with stress hormones like cortisol in ways that can disrupt the body’s metabolism or the architecture of the brain. The upshot is that children are sometimes permanently undermined. Even many years later, as adults, they are more likely to suffer heart disease...
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...In Peter Singer’s article “Singers Solution to World Poverty” suggest that U.S. citizens give away the majority of their dispensable income in order to end global suffering. Singer uses some extreme methods in order to achieve his goal of getting readers to truly believe in his ideas and change their values and lifestyles. Singer gathers his information and unique capabilities to determine the voice in this article and rewrite the tone being given in the conversation. The author’s main point is that many people spend too much money on food just by wasting time with their lives and instead we have starving countries eating leftovers by these people. The use of this points out that the author believes in moralistic and compassionate values. In addition, Peter Singer loves to judge whether acts could be right or wrong by their course of actions. Singer’s Solution did not seem to evaluate into account the long term effect it may have caused. He may have convinced many people to follow in his choice of actions, but certainly not me. All humans have the right to their mortality when they want to buy a certain item in favor of their exquisite needs. In a hypothetical situation, Singer describes a man named Bob and his love for his uninsured Bugatti. Bob has just used up the greater part of his nest egg on an extremely valuable classic automobile. He loves his car not only because he enjoys driving it around, but also because its value continues to go up. This strategy makes Bob happy...
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...Poverty affects almost all Americans at some point in their lives, and many would say that they just needed a little help and they could’ve made it from there. In the “Singer Solution to World Poverty,” an article that appeared in The New York Times Magazine, Peter Singer, a professor of bioethics, calls attention to the urgent need for food and medicine in many parts of the world. Singer argues that prosperous people should donate to overseas aid organizations such as UNICEF of Oxfam America all money not needed for the basic requirements of life. “The formula is simple: whatever money you’re spending on luxuries, not necessities, should be given away.” Singer’s solution can help some people in some situations, but it can’t help everyone. There are many instances where donations of money given to people would help immediately and there are rich people that can support many families. However, I don’t believe that people in poverty should be given handouts, there are people that wouldn’t necessarily benefit from donations, and if the rich are controlling all donations they have more power than our government. I believe that some money should be given to help create jobs in our country, and instead of donations being used for funds it should be the tax money from all the people....
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...In “The Singer Solution to World Poverty”, Peter Singer describes how the American consumer is in moral denial because of our failure to donate money that could save a child’s life from starvation, mal nutrition, or treatable diseases. In his article he highlights how we are not fully considering what in our lives is a luxury and what is a necessity. Another interesting concept Singer has is his actual solution to world poverty, which basically describes people donating any money not spent on necessities to charities. Although, I am in line with the fact that the U.S. consumer has been brainwashed into thinking they are purchasing necessities and have shown a lack of judgment for understanding when they are purchasing necessities versus when they are purchasing luxuries, I do not agree that is a reason to give away all of your extra income to charities around the world. This is an extremely unrealistic amount that does not align with how a large population of our society thinks about personal wealth. The words need and want are used interchangeably in American culture and this causes us to trick ourselves into believing we should be buying unnecessary items. For example, even when we are speaking about things we want, we often say we need them because it highlights how badly we want that item. Things that you want could give you a goal to work towards, but when you think about things that you need you are liable to feel bad about yourself or less than others if you do not have...
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...Distribution of wealth has plagued the world since the conception of countries and nation-states. The world’s first cultural centers such as Mesopotamia and Greece harbored rancid poverty along with unbridled riches, and the effect was decidedly negative. The lack of a middle class bred resentment, and the accepted duality of the system made escaping the cycle of poverty a futile goal. In his piece, “The Singer Solution to World Poverty,” Singer challenges the world to attack this inequality, and compels the fortunate population to give away money usually spent on luxuries. Exorbitant displays of wealth have no place in an international climate where entire communities are unable to find nourishment, drinking water, and medical care, and...
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...Prosperity can be achieved through acts of giving rather than keeping for yourself. In “The Singer Solution to World Poverty”, Peter Singer reveals the urgent need for food and medical supplies around the world. His solution to this problem is that instead of people spending their money on items that are not necessary to have and instead spending it on supplies to send to other cities, states, or countries to help those who struggle to live each day. There are so many things in life that we spend money on but never use although we believe that they are necessary to our “survival”, when there are so many other people who are not even sure if they are going to live to see the next day. Many studies show that the main reason that people do not...
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...This paper summarizes two articles discussing the debate for feeding the hungry. The two articles summarized are Jan Narveson’s article “Feeding the Hungry” and Peter Singer’s article “Singer Solution to The World.” This paper will also discuss utilitarianism and virtue ethics and how individually each article ties into both ethical theories. In the article Singer Solution to World Poverty, Peter Singer offers a solution to world poverty. Singers solution is clear-cut and precise. Singer claims that to successfully end world poverty, whatever money not spent on necessities and devoted to luxuries, should be given away to those less fortunate. To pull at the reader's emotions, throughout the text Singer uses hypothetical pathos scenarios to deliver an overall theme of sacrifice. Singer opens up the text...
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...“Americans donated approximately 2% of disposable income to charity in 2014, a percentage which has not changed significantly in decades, regardless of the strength of the economy.” This is a deplorable amount considering the US has one of the highest disposable incomes per citizen. In Peter Singer’s essays “Famine, Affluence, and Morality” and “The Singer Solution to World Poverty” he makes the argument that people are morally obligated to help someone as long as they are not put in a morally compromising position. Singer’s argument is valid because people have the means to help others they just feel like they have to keep up with the latest trends. If people were to donate a portion of the money they spent on luxuries each month then the amount of suffering people who are not able to provide for themselves would dissipate....
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...English Comp 111 15 February 2015 Finding a Solution to Poverty Are we doing enough to eliminate poverty and help the poor? How are people still starving with all of the sources we have as a country? Poverty exists for many reasons including: lack of education, unemployment, housing, and money. There are no overnight solutions to this world wide epidemic, but some of our leaders are just as much to blame by turning their heads rather than finding the solutions. According to statistics one out of eight individuals suffers from malnutrition. This means that out of 7 billion people in the world, 870 million are still underfed. In Jonathan Swift’s “Modern Proposal” essay, he snubs the Irish and English rulers for their economic policies concerning the poor. Swift explains that they are not dealing with the issue of poverty in Ireland by refusing to create a solution. Citizens and those in power need to create lasting solutions to end poverty in our nation. Jonathan Swift essay, “Modern Proposal” presents solutions to keep poor children from being a burden to their families. The English government turned their heads to the deplorable economic conditions in which the people were living in and he hated the inhumanity that he witnessed. Ireland was in dire poverty and most of the victims were women and children that were beggars (630-631). So Swift devised a number of proposal and solutions to rid Ireland of this problem. Swifts argues that poor children would be better off being...
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...Poverty Poverty has been a consistent problem throughout history. No matter what the average income, unemployment or overall prosperity level is, there will always be people who are homeless and hungry. Despite being one of the most richest countries in the world, the United States is not immune to it either. Even today, there are still people struggling to find shelter, feed their kids and find warm clothing. This social problem has various impacts on different institutions and people. However, there are feasible solutions that are available to dissolve this social problem. In discussing poverty in the United States, I will be utilizing three major perspectives: the general condition, the emerging middle class poverty and the relationship between small businesses and strategic measures to eradicate poverty. According to Howard Glennerster in United States Poverty Studies and Poverty Measurement: The past twenty five years, poverty has been a steady condition in United States history. Not only that, but today there is even more discussion focused on the “culture and race of poverty” (Glennerster, 10). More and more aid seems to be going to minorities in which there is a high density. Moreover, the attention has also been placed on women on welfare. This segment of the population has retracted to working multiple jobs while taking care of children (Glennerster, 13). Therefore, in the mainstream sense of the term, Glennerster attributed a majority poverty related issues to minorities...
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