Peter Singer: Who Are We Obligated to Help?
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Uploaded by carnegiecouncil on Mar 25, 2009
Controversial philosopher Peter Singer discusses the 1980s case of Jessica McClure, the little girl who fell down a well, and who today has a sizeable trust fund from the many donations she received--even though the money was not needed for her rescue. In the two days she was in the well, according to UNICEF's figures over 50,000 children died of avoidable poverty-related causes. Who do we have an obligation to help?
This Carnegie Council event took place on March 18, 2009. For the full video, audio, and go to http://www.cceia.org
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@kjsdyggf Poorer people generally have more children.
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In most cases if you give charity to humans they'll just keep on selfishly breeding. Which will lead to worsening global warming, overpopulation and a strain on resources.
Systems need to be changed, not individuals.
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@noxaj1976 actually that quote is not Stalin's, and he probably never even quoted it himself. There is nothing particularly harsh about the quote anyway; the perception is true, for better or worse.
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@OpenFormula I know it's hard to imagine, but Stalin said "one death is a tragedy, one MILLION is a statistic".
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One death is a tragedy, one thousand is a statistic Stalin
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say like it is singer. i wish more people would watch this video rather than things like keyboard cat
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