Peter Singer, the author of Famine, Affluence, and Morality, attempts to distinguish between obligation and charitable motivations. He tries to show that wealthy people should do more to help the people of the world who are needy and suffering from famine. Many people think that giving to famine relief is a good deed, but is optional. Singer believes it is mandatory and morally justified for the fortunate to help the deprived as much as possible. Although he presents many sound arguments, the reality of his proposals are admirable but impracticable and will never exist.
First, it is very important to determine who decides what we ought morally to do and what we are obligated to do. If one has the resources to donate to a charitable cause, are they absolutely obligated to do so? According to Singer, who claims, “if it is in our power to prevent something bad from happening, without thereby sacrificing anything of comparable moral importance, we ought, morally, to do it,” the answer to this question is yes. If true, then anyone who has ever had the means to help a charitable cause but chose not do so, has neglected the interests of humankind.
Before reading Singers essay, I had no idea about what was going on in Bengal, or in any other third world country for that matter. Needless to say, I do not think many other Americans know about these countries and their conditions. It’s not because I do not care, or that most other people do not care, it is the fact that we, as citizens of the United States, have our own priorities and hardships. Singer states that “It makes no moral difference whether the person I can help is a neighbor’s child ten yards away from me or a Bengali whose name I shall I never know, ten thousand miles away.” Most people are visual persons and need to see something to believe it. The people who have the funds to support a cause are much more likely to give to a charity within their hometown, state, or country. They are not going to support a cause that appears on a TV screen asking for donations for country that is thousands of miles away.
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The leading cause for lack of support is that people believe that they must help themselves before they can help others. People are too caught up in their own busy lives that they do not look beyond what they see in front of them. Therefore, distance makes a big difference. People, whether morally correct or not, are not going to donate their hard earned money to be spent on something somewhere they have never been or probably will never go, when they could be giving money to a cause they can actually witness. Taking this into consideration, the statement regarding justification for discriminating on geographical grounds is false.
Although I agree with Singer when he states, “when we buy new clothes not to keep ourselves warm but to look well-dressed we are not providing for any important need,” it is also important to take into consideration whether something is needed or wanted. So who determines the distinction between an item that is needed or wanted? The person who needs or wants the item judges whether or not the item is actually needed or wanted. Singer’s proposal that we should prevent as much suffering as possible without sacrificing anything of comparable moral importance is totally dependant on each individual’s definition of what is morally important and not important. Since each individual’s morals differ, what might be important to one person might not be as important to another person.
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Singer’s proposals, although sound, are not attainable. Since each person’s morals are different, his idealistic world where everyone helps the needy and suffering will never exist.
