Question

What is the main point the author makes in "Lifeboat Ethics: The Case Against Helping the Poor"?

Answer 1

In the article “Lifeboat Ethics: the Case Against Helping the Poor” Garrett Hardin says that the rich countries should help the poor countries however this does not mean that countries now depend on the rich ones, the idea is to support them to overcome their situations.

Answer 2

In "Lifeboat Ethics: The Case Against Helping the Poor," the author is against foreign aid to starving nations because he thinks it causes a cycle of poor resource management.

The author believes that unrestricted foreign aid to poorer nations will eventually result in everyone's downfall.

In "Lifeboat Ethics: The Case Against Helping the Poor," Hardin implements a lifeboat metaphor to depicts why he believes that helping the poor nations is counterproductive and will result in eventual ruin for the rich as well as poor.