Essays on Famine

Before we delve into Singer’s arguments as outlined in the book, Exploring Ethics, it will be important that we familiarize ourselves first with the whole concept of ethics. Ethics in its simplest definition is that accepted code of behavior that is expected of a member of a society or a given profession. It involves the principles that enable one to know what is wrong and right. Singer in his book tries to bring the correlation between famine (and other evils), affluence as well as morality and how these come into play whenever ethics is being discussed. Singer tries ...

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Many have said that America was built on the backs of immigration and minorities that settled in America. There is a lot of evidence to support this, as the Irish and German immigrants that came in waves during the 1880s were often used for cheap labor. In addition, African-Americans were used as slave labor until the conclusion of the Civil War, playing an important part in the development of the country. In addition, Native Americans were also prominently involved in the process, but certainly not in a positive way; this is because the United States government used resettlement techniques ...

There can be no denial about the fact that Peter Singer goes on to leave no stone unturned to put across his point of view with utmost persuasiveness and perfection in the seminal essay, Famine, Affluence, and Morality. The sheer success of the writing lies in its effectiveness in highlighting the moral standards that ought to define the actions of human nature. The author goes on to explicate his perspective and eventually convinces the avid readers about the matter by bring into juxtaposition the lives of the haves and the have-nots of the world’s society. Singer delves into ...

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During the Industrial Revolution, Britain became one of the most powerful frontiers both politically and economically. According to Ward (p.46), the British expansion into the Asian market saw some countries such as China and India getting affected negatively. During this time, three agricultural produce; opium, tea, and cotton were performing greatly in the market. According to Ward, Britain traded in unfair means, making the best use of the Commutation Act and the challenges India was facing in terms of weak military and famine to reap heavily from the trading. The East Indian Trading Company, which was based in London, ...

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Foreign Aid: for war or for peace?

Former United Nations Secretary General Boutros-Boutros-Ghali delivered his watershed report, “An Agenda for Peace.” In the report, Boutros-Ghali reaffirmed the part of the international agency in upholding global peace and order. Confronted with critical regional and global instabilities that are posited by ‘failed states.’ the global community has allocated billions of dollars into complicated, multifaceted state building programs geared to incorporate power and rebuild local institutions. However, it is posited that these institutions destroy the natural political order that happen in these failed states; these heighten the intensity and brutality of the conflicts within these states. One of ...

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Introduction The extensive scarcity of food is known as famine, which causes a high extent of mass starvation in the region. The prevalence of famine has been observed in every continent of the world, however, some countries like Sub-Sahara Africa still encounter with the drastic effects of famine (Baro and Deubel 522). The current paper enlightens the causes and effects of famine and presents the preventive measures to reduce the prevalence of famine.

Causes

The scarcity of food is observed to be caused by the ineffective distribution of food or imbalance in the demand and supply of food. ...

1. Explain in general terms the process of DNA replication. DNA replication refers to the process whereby DNA makes its own copy during the process of cell division. During this process, the DNA strands unzip themselves since helicase enzyme breaks the hydrogen bonds between the complementary strands. As this occurs, a replication fork is created. Each individual strand (leading and lagging) will be used as templates. A primer attaches itself to the leading strand and the synthesis of DNA begins, whereby DNA polymerase adds nucleotides to the synthesized strand. This is a continuous process and occurs in 5’ to ...

One of the most significant health issues that effects men, women and children throughout the United States is obesity. Obesity is the label given to anyone who is more than simply overweight, but is carrying a vast amount of excess weight that it effects their abilities, energy and psychological well being. When that weight has increased to a size that prevents one from fitting in a single seat or unable to walk without assistance, they are often called “morbidly obese.” According to studies, more than 17% of children and 30% of adults living in the United States are considered ...

Arguably, the worst artificial famine in human history which was engineered for profit, the Great Bengal Famine of the 1770 occurred between 1769 and 1773. In the Bengali calendar however, the famine is documented as having taken place between 1176 and 1180. The Bengal famine’s scope was the lower Gangetic plains of India and so devastating was the famine that a documented 10 million people were reported to have died due to the famine. Consequentially, India’s population was significantly reduced to 30 million at the time. This manuscript will thus appraise this historical moment in the history ...

The concept of “whiteness” is, of course, silly on its face. “Pinkness,” or perhaps, “very light tanness” would be more accurate. Nevertheless, the term is deeply embedded into cultural discourse. “White privilege” is the phrase of the day. “White Man’s Burden” was the public face of the reasoning for British imperialism. White men (no women need apply in those bygone days) not only “could” govern their poor, benighted “colored” brethren better than they could govern themselves, it was an affirmative duty to bring superior culture and civilization to the savages. In the history of the United States the ...

Darwin’s Nightmare is a movie about several inhabitants’ version of survival and trying to become successful. The movie takes place in Tanzania. Tanzania is in the eastern part of Africa that is located between Kenya and Mozambique. Presently the population in Tanzania is 51,045,882. In the film, the nickname for Tanzania was “fish country. This is an appropriate name because the region where Tanzania is located has the second largest lake in the world (Agency, 2016). The country is also known for fishing, and agriculture. One of the main sources of income is the fish that ...

At least 9 million people die because of hunger and malnutrition, sadly 5 million are children. In a world of plenty, a huge number go hungry. The biggest percentage of the people who go hungry live in the developing countries. Three-quarters of all the hungry people in the developing countries live in rural areas, mostly in the villages of Africa and Asia. Despite this worrying trend, food wastage in the developed countries is very high. For instance, in the United Kingdom, close 40% of food is never eaten, in U.S., 40-50% of all food ready to harvest is never ...

Global issue: Food insecurity

Today, the world suffers from numerous issues; from the security of life and property to the security of food and water. With the gradual but persistent rise in global temperatures, food and water resources in certain parts of the world are getting scarce and hard to conserve. This is problematic as with the passage of time; these resources are bound to get scarcer and lesser in amount. Moreover, poverty is another factor which makes it difficult for masses to get hold of nutritious and abundant food resources. When the factors of money and lack of resources are combined together, ...

The book “Late Victorian Holocausts: El Nino Families and the Making of the Third World” by Mike Davis is relevant within the circles of world economics. It illustrates the relationship between global political economies and climate patterns. Specifically, the book ties economic events with the El Nino Southern Oscillation (ENSO). The author creates comparisons between ENSO occurrences with various factors. Critically, the book considers the aspect of time in different countries. The ideas presented in the book explore the implications of colonial interests in world history. This also includes a focus on the creation of economic philosophies that surround ...

Sudan is worst affected by severe droughts, and Sudanese people face various adverse impacts such as hunger and famine, poverty and loss of livelihood. Osman-Elasha et al (2) investigated adaptation to draught in Sudan’s three rural areas including Bara province, Arbaat and El Fashir council. Livelihood of people in these areas is mainly dependent on farming and pastoral activities. According to United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change’s (UNFCCC) assessment for 2030-2060, changes in precipitation will severely affect agriculture and food security in arid Sudan (Osman-Elasha et al, 3). The people had suffered severely from loss of ...

The Great Famine was a crisis that caused the death of millions. It occurred in the 14th century in Europe, and it marked the end of a prosperous age. It is widely believed that the Great Famine was triggered by a spate of bad weather. The Medieval Warm Period was over without forecast. Subsequently, the European society plunged into squalor and crime. Some people resorted to cannibalism in desperation. The summer harvest of 1317 marked the end of the Great Famine, but it did not take Europe any earlier than 1322 to recover fully (Homewood). At the start of ...

Description of Food Insecurity and Hunger in the World

The world continues to battle with an array of problems, which pose devastating implications on the populations. One of the major problems experienced by the world’s population is food insecurity and hunger. Food insecurity exists in cases where people at all times do not have social, physical and economic access to safe, sufficient, and nutritious food within their households (Vinegar, 2016). Worth noting is that there exist various forms of food insecurity including; chronic, seasonal, and transitory food insecurity. Chronic food insecurity occurs in cases where the population is subjected to long-term periods of insufficient food availability and ...

Food security is a situation whereby every person in region or nation has access to enough and nutritious food. A situation that most governments in the developing countries should work on to achieve development goals. Several cases of famine have been reported to cause deaths due to the insufficiency of food, inadequate shelter and lack of proper medical care (Singer, 234). As individuals, it is very hard to make a significant contribution to donations directed towards saving lives which are a moral activity. Singer argues that it is morally upright to help people from starving through gifts and giving ...

Introduction

The cloning is one of the contemporary controversial topics. The development in this area has been made through the history and there are various positive and also negative effects connected with it. Public opinion is not crystallized on the cloning topic where some are in favor and others against. The paper will provide information that cloning can have both negative and positive impacts, and that the knowledge in the public about the issue is insufficient which results in negative attitudes towards it. The thesis of the paper is that despite its therapeutic uses, cloning for the purpose of reproduction ...

A Modest Proposal is a satirical work by Jonathan Swift aimed at skewering English reactions to the then-contemporary issues of poverty and famine in Ireland. It revolves around a detailed argument that the problems of poverty, famine, overpopulation and many other social ills could be solved by selling one year old Irish children to be cooked and eaten dressed “hot from the knife, as we do roasting pigs” at English dinner tables (Swift, 1729, p.9). It was written in the early 18th century when Ireland was effectively an English colony and had been ruled as such for centuries. Colonialism ...