Ethical Issue Who Should reproduce?
Picture of large family in Ethiopia
This question can mean many different things depending on what country we are talking about. Here at home in America we have the education to know how to prevent ourselves from getting pregnant. We all for the most part want the “American Dream” to grow up and live better than our parents did. (Most of us anyways) We want to be able to live comfortably. We are also a materialistic country so we put a high important on possessions that other country’s don’t. So, more people are choosing careers and money over humbleness and children. In other country’s some third world country’s they don’t have the resources we have for birth control or the education on how to prevent unwanted pregnancies. It also could be part of their culture to have large families. So they believe it is tradition that they must continue.
Arguing that one American child use so much more energy; than a child in a third world country just isn’t even comparable. A lot of the people in these countries don’t have running water or electricity. If their whole country became modernized then they of course would use more energy. In our country I think it should be up to the parents how many children they can afford. That should be what the decision is based on. Can I afford three kids without government help? Food stamps etc. If not what can I do to further my means so that I can afford the number of children I’ve wanted? In other countries these questions are a lot different. Their lifestyles are a lot different. Some countries still have children die from illnesses that we just don’t see happen here; like dying from malnutrition, diarrhea and pneumonia. So maybe they have more children than they want incase some of them don’t make it. They might also have large numbers of children to help with the farming and livestock in some areas.
They only real suggestions I have on this subject is that we need to help these third world countries get more education, medical supplies and clean drinking water. It would do the whole world good to help out countries that are suffering with things we haven’t had to deal with in decades. Do I think that we will eventually run out of resources to support our ever growing population? I hope not. I think as technology gets better and better we will figure out ways to compensate for the large number of individuals.
Arguing that one American child use so much more energy; than a child in a third world country just isn’t even comparable. A lot of the people in these countries don’t have running water or electricity. If their whole country became modernized then they of course would use more energy. In our country I think it should be up to the parents how many children they can afford. That should be what the decision is based on. Can I afford three kids without government help? Food stamps etc. If not what can I do to further my means so that I can afford the number of children I’ve wanted? In other countries these questions are a lot different. Their lifestyles are a lot different. Some countries still have children die from illnesses that we just don’t see happen here; like dying from malnutrition, diarrhea and pneumonia. So maybe they have more children than they want incase some of them don’t make it. They might also have large numbers of children to help with the farming and livestock in some areas.
They only real suggestions I have on this subject is that we need to help these third world countries get more education, medical supplies and clean drinking water. It would do the whole world good to help out countries that are suffering with things we haven’t had to deal with in decades. Do I think that we will eventually run out of resources to support our ever growing population? I hope not. I think as technology gets better and better we will figure out ways to compensate for the large number of individuals.
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1 comment:
Great job on your essay Katie. I can tell that you put a lot of time and effort into it. I like how you posted the picture of the family in the beginning of it.
Stacy
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