PHLB05H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Food Bank
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Phlb05 hardin famine, affluence, morality. Lifeboat ethics: the case against helping the poor (hardin. Is the earth like a spaceship travelling across the universe: we are all in this together, we should conceive of our resources as communal. No person is entitled to more than their fair share of resources. Earth is not like a spaceship: 1) there is no captain directing things. Poor nations are swimming in the oceans of the world and would like to come in: the rich nations can let" the poor in, we can share our wealth. We have limited resources/room in our boat": millions of people want to come in. Marxism", christianity" = let everyone in: our boat will sink. Do you feel guilty: trade places. The lifeboat scenario is rendered even more extreme due to population increases: people outside the boat double every 35 years, people inside the u. s. double every 87 years.
