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The Individual’s Responsibility to the Community

Each of the following texts presents a view of the individual’s responsibility to the community.

Sources

  1. Andrew Carnegie,from The Gospel of Wealth
  2. Bertrand Russell, The Happy Life
  3. Garrett Hardin, from Lifeboat Ethics
  4. Peter Singer, from The Singer Solution to World Poverty
  5. Zapiro (Jonathan Shapiro), World Economic Forum (cartoon)
  6. Christian Science Monitor Editorial Board, Warren Buffett, Bill Gates, and the Billionaire Challenge
  7. Der Spiegel Online, Negative Reaction to Charity Campaign

After using the questions to discuss individual selections, synthesize the pieces through one of the suggested assignments on page 379.

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