World hunger and world poverty seem like faraway problems to the average American. But such an opinion is to effectively ignore that, according to 2010 estimates by the United Nations, 925 million people in the world are starving. That amounts to about three starving people per American. Furthermore, approximately 9 million children died before their ...
People around the world are dying of hunger and thirst. The terrible stories of starvation wrench our hearts and our consciences. The easiest solution has been to give food and money to nations entrenched in poverty. These donations have doubtless saved the lives of millions of people worldwide. Yet, is giving food and money away ...
“The term ‘child labor’ is defined by the United States Department of Labor as the employment of boys and girls when they are too young to work for hire; or when they are employed at jobs unsuitable or unsafe for children of their ages.” (Americana 461) According to American life-styles, children should be at school ...
Peter Singer, a renowned philosopher and professor of bioethics at Princeton University, causes divisive controversy everywhere he goes through his unwavering ethics. He is a fierce supporter of a pure form of utilitarian philosophy, in which we should all strive to achieve the highest collective happiness of all animal life, into our daily lives. He, ...
