Dharma Bum
1-23-11, 8:40pm
Essays from a couple of my favorite authors, Peter Singer and Bjorn Lombard:
No (Peter): http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703779704576074333552233782.html?m od=WSJ_article_RecentColumns_TheSaturdayEssay
Yes (Bjorn): http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703779704576074360837994874.html
Addressing questions like: [T]his concern for the poor appears to be in tension with the need to protect our environment. Is there any point in saving the lives of people who will continue to have more children than they can feed? Don't rising populations in developing countries increase the pressure on forests and other ecosystems? Then there is climate change. How would the world cope if everyone were to become affluent and match our per capita rate of greenhouse gas emissions?
No (Peter): http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703779704576074333552233782.html?m od=WSJ_article_RecentColumns_TheSaturdayEssay
Yes (Bjorn): http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703779704576074360837994874.html
Addressing questions like: [T]his concern for the poor appears to be in tension with the need to protect our environment. Is there any point in saving the lives of people who will continue to have more children than they can feed? Don't rising populations in developing countries increase the pressure on forests and other ecosystems? Then there is climate change. How would the world cope if everyone were to become affluent and match our per capita rate of greenhouse gas emissions?