Comments on: Essay: The Ethics of Giving to Beggars http://dissense.com/2009/11/the-ethics-of-giving-to-beggars/ Only the most inreasonable ideas... Tue, 06 Jul 2010 18:52:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: Learned Foot http://dissense.com/2009/11/the-ethics-of-giving-to-beggars/comment-page-1/#comment-6 Learned Foot Wed, 04 Nov 2009 22:07:32 +0000 http://dissense.com/?p=18#comment-6 1. We're not in Calcutta. 2. Who are you to say what's necessary? Is entertainment any less valuable because you're hungry? Or mightn't it be even more so? 3. How is the chain any less true for ruthless corporations or for exploitative employers of all kinds? 1. We’re not in Calcutta.
2. Who are you to say what’s necessary? Is entertainment any less valuable because you’re hungry? Or mightn’t it be even more so?
3. How is the chain any less true for ruthless corporations or for exploitative employers of all kinds?

]]> By: Bill Goodwin http://dissense.com/2009/11/the-ethics-of-giving-to-beggars/comment-page-1/#comment-4 Bill Goodwin Tue, 03 Nov 2009 01:47:10 +0000 http://dissense.com/?p=18#comment-4 Quaere: I imagine it's fair to say that donating toys is inherently immoral when you could donate food, but certainly there cases where it could be effectively uncharitable to donate certain items when you know it will preclude the choice of more necessary items? Situation: a child begging (let's say you're in Calcutta). If you give money to the kid, you could be putting money into the hands of that incredibly sordid fellow from Slumdog Millionaire. In such a case, isn't money actively making the problem worse, incentivizing exploitative beggar-lords? Quaere: I imagine it’s fair to say that donating toys is inherently immoral when you could donate food, but certainly there cases where it could be effectively uncharitable to donate certain items when you know it will preclude the choice of more necessary items?

Situation: a child begging (let’s say you’re in Calcutta). If you give money to the kid, you could be putting money into the hands of that incredibly sordid fellow from Slumdog Millionaire. In such a case, isn’t money actively making the problem worse, incentivizing exploitative beggar-lords?

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