Hardin Helping The Poor
If helping the poor requires the ruin of the future world, then the poor should not be helped. Helping the poor requires the ruin of the future world. The poor should not be helped. Hardin begins the article with his conclusion. He uses the example of the lifeboat to support his claim; the lifeboat cannot rescue everyone and there will be some who perish. Further, his examples of population increase and the tragedy of the commons support the first premise: the future world will be ruined. He buttresses this with examples of the food bank and immigration which support his claim that the environment will be ruined. Hardin relies on science and statistical trends as support for his premises; the facts he presents support his antecedent. Hardin's
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People are dying every minute because of this terrible disease. No antidotes have been found to eliminate it. Poverty is like an epidemic with no antidote affecting the entire world. It has already killed billions of people, and will continue killing unless we do something to stop it. Have you ever thought what living in poverty is like? Seeing a shocking picture in which people were trying to survive gave me a whole different perspective. That image showed me one of the poorest areas of the planet where people were living under despicable conditions. They were working in sweatshops, collecting garbage and living in broken down huts in order to survive. A polluted river passes across from their humble homes, causing incomparable complication to their lives. I could observe the terrible conditions in which this people are working, fishing and collecting garbage. Not only pollution is shown in this photo, above of the photograph a bridge could be observed. I imagine the noise, and the dust that this little detail brings to their lives. That photograph made me feel angry at politicians because they could do a better job helping the needy. Since they were almost dying, I felt sad for the circumstances they live in. A sense of admiration for the way they are able to survive, gave me the strength to fight against this global scourge. The author of this picture is trying to convey a message, showing us poverty in all its faces and inviting us to be part of his fight against
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