1. From where and for what purpose do we have morality?
2. Should the first world feel guilty about its lavish lifestyle compared to the third world?
3. Is it right that our society pays athletes and celebrities millions while teachers and police officers often struggle to make end meet?
The first world must bear some of the weight of the state of its third world neighbors. In the United States large amounts of waste occur. Americans throw out millions of pounds of food and let millions of gallons of clean usable water go down the drain while children in South America starve and children in Africa walk several miles daily for water that is tainted with human or industrial waste. It is tough to justify such waste while considering those who need so greatly the things Americans waste the most. The stark contrast between our ever growing guts and their swelling empty stomachs proves the cliche that life isn't fair, but does that justify our inaction? The first world thirst for cheaper and easier often ignores the moral cost and the physical thirst. Factories that supply goods to the US often are guilty of child labor and a plethora of human rights violations, but the lights of our cell phones and computers built in those very factories shield our eyes from the true darkness that exists. The blessed throughout history have been notorious for living in luxury while others suffer on and the immorality of such things translates to modern times. We all know the the plight of our brothers and sisters in the world who struggle on day, but few of us wish to pay the price and for that we are guilty. Poverty persists because we let it. Starvation continues on because we lack the moral hunger to do anything about it.
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