Blog 16

So far in the discussion panel most people have been writing their papers on lifeboat ethics. The interesting things we have talked aboutis a hands off approach when it comes to dealing with other countries. While I do not necessarily disagree with the idea of focussing mainly within the country, I think we need to reconsider the people we choose not to help. From and economic perspective, not helping countries in need of financial assistance would save us money; however, letting people die who cannot afford food is not the best way to go about checking the population. If we want to put the out of control population growth back into check then we need to stop prolonging the lives of the sick and treating diseases intended to check the population. Cancer has become the largest contributer to population control in modern days, because almost all other factors have been eliminated. If we cure cancer there will nothing controlling the population besides old age and when that happens the earth will fall into chaos. There are not enough resources to support a population much larger than one currently on the planet. We are coming to a point where we need to choose whether we stop helping other people and letting them die or eventually we will not have the choice and people are going to die. I think it is also inportant to point out the animals are equally impacted, if the population continues like it is humans and animals alike will suffer from lack of resources.