Answer the questions.
4. What premise of Singer’s argument would one need to reject in order to avoid any moral obligation to donate to famine relief? What is the implication of rejecting that premise? (In other words, what does it mean about our obligations in other cases, e.g. the drowning child.)
5. Explain Hardin’s argument for why one should not aid victims of famine.
7. Explain the four mechanisms of creating rarity
8. Explain how uniqueness could be a criterion for value/preservation.
9. Explain the natural vs artificial distinction that Katz makes.
The book used in class ” Environmental Ethics” 3rd edition by David Schmidtz & Dan, but I think that answering these questions don’t require the use of the book.