- 23 Sep 2005
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How much of a moral obligation do you think we should have to help out other countries? What country do you live in and are there other countries in the world that you wish your own country would help out more (or even stop helping)? Do you think we have a moral obligation to help out other countries, or do you take that stances that;
a. We should only help out other countries once we've sorted out our own countries main issues, or
b. We shouldn't help out other countries simply because their people are hard done by if its because of their government, or
c. We should only help out other countries if they welcome our help and show good gratitude for our help, or
d. We should only help out other countries if they sincerely welcome our own people in their country and try to make their people accept our kind, or open up more trade between our countries etc, or
e. We should only help out other countries if they change their government/ways of ruling so they can help out their own people more
etc?
There are so many countries in the world whose people live desperate lives of poverty and starvation. Take N.Korea for example- hundreds of thousands of people die from famine and starvation every year because of their corrupt government, however despite the large amounts of aid we send them every year, we get little real gratitude for it and their leaders continue to teach their people that we are their enemy or are inferior to them, while their leaders do little themselves to change their ways to make their own people's lives better etc.
Considering that we will probably never get real gratitude from n.Korea, be welcomed by their people, or have increased trade with n.Korea, or have much say/effect on how their government is run, are we really helping their people in the big picture of things by sending them aid and should we feel morally obliged to send them aid? Considering that little has changed in N.Korea for decades, by sending them aid are we only prolonging their suffering by caring for their people when their leaders should be? Will stopping aid to places N.Korea force their leaders to look after their people better and how much of our own countries budgets should we spend on countries like N.Korea when our own countries obviously have problems etc?
What are your opinions/views on matters like these?
a. We should only help out other countries once we've sorted out our own countries main issues, or
b. We shouldn't help out other countries simply because their people are hard done by if its because of their government, or
c. We should only help out other countries if they welcome our help and show good gratitude for our help, or
d. We should only help out other countries if they sincerely welcome our own people in their country and try to make their people accept our kind, or open up more trade between our countries etc, or
e. We should only help out other countries if they change their government/ways of ruling so they can help out their own people more
etc?
There are so many countries in the world whose people live desperate lives of poverty and starvation. Take N.Korea for example- hundreds of thousands of people die from famine and starvation every year because of their corrupt government, however despite the large amounts of aid we send them every year, we get little real gratitude for it and their leaders continue to teach their people that we are their enemy or are inferior to them, while their leaders do little themselves to change their ways to make their own people's lives better etc.
Considering that we will probably never get real gratitude from n.Korea, be welcomed by their people, or have increased trade with n.Korea, or have much say/effect on how their government is run, are we really helping their people in the big picture of things by sending them aid and should we feel morally obliged to send them aid? Considering that little has changed in N.Korea for decades, by sending them aid are we only prolonging their suffering by caring for their people when their leaders should be? Will stopping aid to places N.Korea force their leaders to look after their people better and how much of our own countries budgets should we spend on countries like N.Korea when our own countries obviously have problems etc?
What are your opinions/views on matters like these?