Making Connections

1. What is the most basic difference between Peter Singer’s and Garrett Hardin’s worldviews?

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   Chapter 6 - Making Connections: What is the most basic difference between Peter Singer’s and Garrett Hardin’s worldviews?
2. In what ways are the philosophies of Singer and Andrew Carnegie similar?

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   Chapter 6 - Making Connections: In what ways are the philosophies of Singer and Andrew Carnegie similar?
3. In what ways might Hardin object to Zapiro’s argument in the cartoon on the World Economic Forum?

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   Chapter 6 - Making Connections: In what ways might Hardin object to Zapiro’s argument in the cartoon on the World Economic Forum?
4. Is the viewpoint of Peter Krämer, the German multimillionaire, more similar to that of Carnegie or Hardin? Explain.

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   Chapter 6 - Making Connections: Is the viewpoint of Peter Krämer, the German multimillionaire, more similar to that of Carnegie or Hardin? Explain.
5. How does Bertrand Russell’s concept of self-denial in the following quotation reflect the assumptions that underlie Bill Gates’s and Warren Buffett’s Giving Pledge: “the whole antithesis between self and the rest of the world, which is implied in the doctrine of self-denial, disappears as soon as we have any genuine interest in persons or things outside ourselves”? (See Russell, para. 2.)

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   Chapter 6 - Making Connections: How does Bertrand Russell’s concept of self-denial in the following quotation reflect the assumptions that underlie Bill Gates’s and Warren Buffett’s Giving Pledge: “the whole antithesis between self and the rest of the world, which is implied in the doctrine of self-denial, disappears as soon as we have any genuine interest in persons or things outside ourselves”? (See Russell, para. 2.)