RE: The Singer Solution to World Poverty

This article was amazingly interesting. In this excerpt, a man risks the life of a child for his car which will appreciate in value and earn him a lot of money in the near future. Instead of stopping a train, that was about to hit a child, with his car, he chose to allow the train to hit and kill the boy. He stood there and watched the life of a human being get taken. What a sight!
Many people may look at this as an example of bad moral standards and ethics. It was mean and careless to allow this child to get killed, especially when he could have made a difference. However, the author poses a great question. Is it just as wrong to watch children everyday in our country as well as overseas die from poverty? Many Americans, including myself, never donate any money to help the needy. We could be saving lives as well. However, we risks the lives of men, women, and children everyday by shopping for desired goods, going to fancy restaurants, and attending all of these extra leisure events that are not necessities. Even the people who donate, do so stingily. People who donate could give more, keeping in mind as much money as they waste every year.
Astonishingly, we are in no place to judge this man as to whether or not he was morally wrong. We sit and watch millions of people die everyday, just as he did with this boy. Although he watched physically, it still does not make a difference. This is actually what we do everyday. Whether firsthand or not, we still allow lives to be taken when there is a difference we could be making. After reading this article, I feel differently as to why I don’t donate. This article appeals to pathos in a way that it reaches out to readers of all audiences in an effort to show how we watch people die, and sacrifice our own personal enjoyment for a life. I feel like the man who sat and watched the child die. We need to implement change and turn things that are not necessities into saviors of people’s lives.