Philosophy Question

Description

Read the book and articles and listen to the podcast linked below. Do you find Peter Singer’s argument compelling? Focus on how technology can improve quality of life for those who have been without it. Also, consider Kentaro Toyama’s warning that technology by itself cannot be the answer to poverty.

4 questions to answer:

1. Summarize Peter Singer’s argument that we are obligated to help those living in poverty. Do you agree or disagree? Explain your answer.
2. Explain why Kentaro Toyama believes that technology alone cannot solve the problem of poverty.
3. Explain one of the examples given in any of the readings, videos or podcasts for this module of how technology HAS been successful in alleviating poverty.
4. Research and report on a way in which technology has made poverty worse either here in the U.S. or elsewhere in the world.
   
   ALL READING MATERIALS:
   The Life You Can Save.pdf
   
   Can Technology End Poverty?.
   
   Initiatives to close the digital divide must last beyond the COVID-19 pandemic to work
   
   U.N Study: Digitization of Kenyan Farmer Payments Helps Tackle Poverty