PHIL 347 Lecture Notes - Lecture 28: Convenience Store, Latte
29 Mar 2017
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Food desert: an area where people don"t have easy/reasonable access to food. Ex: a neighbourhood where people have a choice between a convenience store or an expensive grocery store. Bases everything on moral principle that if it is within your power to help someone without sacrificing something as important (newer one is nearly as important) you are responsible to do so . He is asking you to compare your interests with the interests of others. Points out that you can compare trivial interests of ours with other"s interests that aren"t trivial. Ex: having a latte every day vs. life saving food/medicine. Has 3 main arguments for why people should give: adas, dsffsd, dsfsd. Also considers the following arguments against it: However, if you don"t give enough to keep them alive they can"t be independent. Best solution is to put them in a situation to be independent. Suggests that you should both give and work towards political change.
