Question

What is the main point the author makes in "Lifeboat Ethics: The Case

Against Helping the Poor"?
A. That the reproductive rates of poorer nations are much higher than
those in richer nations
B. That people in richer nations should offer food and resources to
people who are starving
C. That unrestricted foreign aid to poorer nations will eventually lead
to everyone's downfall
D. That everyone shares responsibility for making our Earth habitable
and hospitable

Answer 1

The main point the author makes in "Lifeboat Ethics: The Case

Against Helping the Poor" is, unrestricted foreign aid to poorer nations will eventually lead

to everyone's downfall.

Answer: Option C.

Step-by-step explanation:

‘Lifeboat Ethics: The Case

Against Helping the Poor’ is a metaphor which was put forward by Garrett Hardin and which discuses resource distribution. Hardin states that helping the poor countries will eventually lead to a downfall. He believes that if the government of America will keep providing foreign aid to starving countries then soon it will drown. Foreign aid leads to a pattern of poor resource management. Hardin sees no point in helping the other countries, instead he feels that his own countrymen should be helped.