at scenerio in which the best situation is one in which no people are saved from the water thereby providing a better living condition for those already positioned in the boat. Singer acknowledges Hardin's arguments of property rights and population growth, yet combats the ethics of triage and suggests that one has a moral obligation of preventing some absolute poverty. Singer points out that absolute poverty is bad and it is within one's power to prevent some absolute power without "sacrificing anything of comparable significance." Each author critiques whether one can have a moral obligation considering the impact of helping others out, yet in each position, global issues that encompass not one wealthy nation but all nations are coming into play.Religious and political views support Singer in his position that people ought to help out the poor. Singer proposes three premises that lead to the conclusion that one has a moral obligation to help out the poor. The first premise encourages one to sacrifice in order to aid another, if the sacrifice is appropriate. The second premise concludes that absolute poverty is a negative situation. The third premise that then leads to the conclusion that one should prevent some absolute poverty points out that it is within our power to prevent some absolute poverty. Singer is not alone in this view. In 1949, Harry Truman, in an effort to encourage foreign aid stated, "only by helping the least fortunate of its members to help themselves can the human family achieve the decent, satisfying life that is the right of all people." Sumberg in addition cited Pope Paul VI noting his statement, "we must repeat once more that the superfluous wealth of rich countries should be placed at the service of poor nations. The rule which up to now held good for the benefit of those nearest to us must today be applied to all the needy of this world..." In the Christian faith, one could review the life of Jes...
