PHLA11H3 Lecture : Ethics - Session 16
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Relatively affluent stronger obligations to aid global poor. Strong version if you can stop bad things from happening without sacrificing something of comparable importance, you ought to do so. Moderate version if you can stop very bad things from happening without sacrificing something of moral significance, you ought to do so. Thinks that everybody should accept the strong version of premise two. Donate money to aid agencies to prevent bad things from happening . Ought to donate it is wrong to not donate. Not justifiable that money could prevent famine. Are there any morally relevant differences between the two cases. Difference in distance in front compared to in a different country. Used to be, but that is no longer the case. Easier to relieve poverty that is closer to home. Implies that we ought to work full-time find methods of alleviating suffering (poverty) It is not just money that we need to donate.
