dren to ensure the survival of the country is no longer needed. Singer states that the industrialized nations are present examples of this leveling off of the population, and the rate of population growth within these countries is very slow.With Singers argument there is no reason why the same affect can not take place within the absolute poverty-stricken nations. With proper education and medical practices, these nations can learn to alleviate their suffering and sustain healthy populations. But if we (all of us who live affluently) as fellow human beings of those who are suffering do nothing, we do condemn and carry out their sentence of death. The example of the child who has fallen in the pond is a pure example. Yes, I personally could walk by and do nothing to save the child. Perhaps my own thoughts would be, I may drown as well. This would be of a great possibility if I were bereft of the ability to swim; but if I am endowed with the ability to swim, I must attempt to save the child. In no way does this cause me to sacrifice any of my comparable moral significance. Therefore, if I do not, I then willingly make a decision to let the child die and am as guilty as the pond which causes the childs death. Lets say for instance, that I am bereft of the ability to swim, am I now justified to do nothing because I am unable to jump in the pond and save the child? No, I am not. Even within my inability to swim can I seek some other means to save the child, be it finding another person. As long as I am in some fashion am able to do something, I must!...
