Question

In no more than 300 words: Why does Singer argue that we are worse than Bob in his essay “The Singer Solution to World Poverty”?

Answer 1

(A)Singer argues that we are worse than Bob in his essay “The Singer Solution to World Poverty”. He tells a hypothetical story in his essay to reach to this conclusion.

(B)In his story, there is a person named Bob. He is having a prestigious car Bugatti which he enjoys and is proud of.

(C)One day when Bob is out for a drive, he parks the Bugatti near the end of a railway siding and goes for a walk up the track. As he does so, he sees that a runaway train, with no one aboard, is running down the railway track.

(D)Looking farther down the track, he sees the small figure of a child very likely to be killed by the runaway train.

(E)He can't stop the train and the child is too far away to warn of the danger, but he can throw a switch that will divert the train down the siding where his Bugatti is parked. Then nobody will be killed -- but the train will destroy his Bugatti.

(F)Thinking of his joy in owning the car and the financial security it represents, Bob decides not to throw the switch. The child is killed.

(G)This was a wrong thing done by Bob.

(H)But Singer says, we are even more worse than Bob becuase Bob saved his $200,000 Bugatti and let the child to be killed. And we middle-class Americans can afford $200 to donate to UNICEF, some non-profit organization overseas etc. which can save millions of children from diseases, abuse etc.

But still we middle class Americans are not coming forward and donating. So, definitely we are more worse than Bob.

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