heory make is, the continuation of population growth in these absolute poverty-stricken countries. With the administration of aid to a country in need, the population will grow with the new found resources. This brings about more mouths to feed in an already famine environment. Thus, the cycle would cease to end, and the people of that country would continue to go hungry and die of starvation. Therefore, the rich nations should not perpetuate a hopeless cause, but allow the implementation of triage ethics to consume those who have fallen overboard, so that they may drown within the cesspool of absolute poverty for the sake of population control.Singer rejects this theory, for he states, the consequences of triage on this scale are so horrible that one should be inclined to reject it without further argument. The concern with population control is examined by Singer. He says that population control by famine and disease would mean that tens of millions would die slowly and hundreds of millions would continue to live in absolute poverty, at the very margin of existence. Even a greater possible tragedy may occur. The same process of famine and disease, within a time duration of fifty years; would bring about the potential of the worlds population being three times its present level which would potentially cause absolute poverty to be that much greater. In the end a greater amount of death and suffering at a very slow rate. Singer then proposes the question; how probable then is this forecast that continued assistance to those in need will lead to greater disasters in the future? He states that any forecast concerning future population growth and the factors that affect it are all plausible and remain speculative. For the most part, as countries receive proper aid and resources to survive, initially the population growth will be on a steady increase. But as the death rate diminishes, and life expectancy increases, the need to have more chil...
