Child Drowning in the Pond (Essay Sample)

Child drowning in the pond
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In Peter Singer’s video lecture of global poverty and child drowning in a pond, he represents a unique analysis of poverty in the world. In order to clearly elaborate on global poverty, Peter considers the story of a young child who has been trapped in a pond. Due to the nature of the pod and the size of the child, the resultant situation is that the child is in danger. What is interesting however in the story is how those with the ability to help the child respond. Some of the responses from them is that they are not obligated to help since they are not the one who put the child in that situation or have responsibility for him or her. Others see it has a burden and an obstacle considering their schedule. Peter Singer, therefore, relates this interesting story with the reality in the case of global poverty.
According to Peter Singer, how we use what we have is closely linked to poverty prevalence. He says that some of the expenditures people incur are on things that are not a necessity and thus serve as luxury and thus people can do without and thus constitute the affluent class. By...