άρθρο για την πείνα (αξιόλογο στα αγγλικά δυστυχώς)

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World Hunger

 

Kerby Anderson

Kerby Anderson

is the president of Probe Ministries International. He received his B.S. from Oregon State University, M.F.S. from Yale University, and M.A. from Georgetown University. He is the author of several books, including

Genetic Engineering, Origin Science, Living Ethically in the 90s, Signs of Warning, Signs of Hope,

and

Moral Dilemmas

. He also served as general editor for

Marriage, Family and Sexuality

.

He is a nationally syndicated columnist whose editorials have appeared in the

Dallas Morning News,

the

Miami Herald,

the

San Jose Mercury,

and the

Houston Post.

He is the host of "Probe," and frequently serves as guest host on "Point of View" (USA Radio Network).

 

 

 

 

το αποσπασμα που απαντα στην θεωρία ότι "δεν έχουμε διαθέσιμο χώρο για να σώσουμε όλους για αυτό πρέπει να σπρώξουμε κάποιους έξω απο τη βάρκα"

(γραμμένο φυσικά για τα δεδομένα της αμερικής)

 

 

 

The Lifeboat Ethic

 

This idea was popularized by Dr. Garrett Hardin at the University of California at Santa Barbara. He uses the metaphor of the lifeboat to explain how rich nations are surrounded by poor ones who want to get into the lifeboat. He says, at some point, we have to push them back into the water to prevent us all from sinking.

He further argues that the problem will become worse because many of these countries will not control their populations. Thus, he says, it is inevitable that these people will eventually starve. He believes that feeding them will only prolong the suffering. Hardin therefore proposes we use the principle of triage. This concept as it is used in military medicine attempts to classify war or disaster victims according to the severity of their wounds in order to maximize the number of survivors. As incoming wounded arrive, they are placed in one of three groups. The first group has superficial wounds and can be treated later. The second group has more substantial wounds and must be treated immediately. And the members of the third group have such massive wounds that they are simply set aside and allowed to die.

Proponents of this lifeboat ethic suggest that we use the principle of triage and stop shipments of food to Third World nations facing starvation. After all, they argue, there is only so much room in the lifeboat or on "Spaceship Earth." We must push the rest of these people off the boat in order to save ourselves.

This idea certainly raises profound ethical questions. But the metaphor only makes sense if you accept the following three assumptions. The first assumption is that there is no distinction between people and animals. The second assumption is that we are pushing the limits of the world's resources. The third assumption is that population growth is not being brought under control. However, all three of these assumptions are false. First, there

is

a distinction between people and animals. Humans have dignity because they are created in the image of God and are therefore distinct from animals. Yet we live in a world where evolutionists blur this distinction between humans and animals.

The second assumption is also questionable. We do live in a fallen world, and there are some limits to growth. But an even greater production of resources is possible, and numerous conservation techniques can increase production.

The third assumption, that population growth is not being brought under control, is also in doubt. There is evidence that many countries are serious about controlling their population explosion. In fact, many nations are experiencing a decline in their birth rates and will eventually have declining populations.

What we have to recognize is that there are many people who are proposing unbiblical solutions. And we as Christians have a responsibility to make sure these propositions do not become law.

 

 

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