Using the word "Privileged" in the sense of those that suffer little disability, or encumberences such as endemic poverty, and illnesses such as those that relate to mental health and others that cause societal dysfunction.
I wanted to generate a discussion on what the duty of care is ethically and morally required of society whether Western or Eastern or in between, to provide for the welfare and hopefully the improvement of life quality issues of persons less blessed than ourselves.
Questions like:
Do countries that have wealth have an moral or ethical obligation to provide aid and assistance to other less fortunate countries?
Does society have a duty of care to those persons that are severely handicapped due to mental health issues such as Paranoid Schizophrenia and the like?
My personal opinion is that Society or countries do have a duty of care, but wonder to what extent or how far we should go in our philanthropy.
The most common argument against aiding a person or country is that aiding only seeems to perpetuate the problem and not solve it. Of course this applies to lesser situations like the societal isolation of a mental health consumer.
How does one determine the level of compassion one shows? Is there a "golden rule?"
This issue of course is much bigger than this thread could ever be. And there are many many aspects to consider.
Years ago the UN declared the Charter of Human Rights. What ethical and moral requirements required this amazing document? What was the underlying motivation?
Was it simply the realisation that to avoid the need for war and achieve a peaceful co-existence, compassion and equality of all humans is the only path?
I would be very interested in all your comments.
Care to discuss?
I wanted to generate a discussion on what the duty of care is ethically and morally required of society whether Western or Eastern or in between, to provide for the welfare and hopefully the improvement of life quality issues of persons less blessed than ourselves.
Questions like:
Do countries that have wealth have an moral or ethical obligation to provide aid and assistance to other less fortunate countries?
Does society have a duty of care to those persons that are severely handicapped due to mental health issues such as Paranoid Schizophrenia and the like?
My personal opinion is that Society or countries do have a duty of care, but wonder to what extent or how far we should go in our philanthropy.
The most common argument against aiding a person or country is that aiding only seeems to perpetuate the problem and not solve it. Of course this applies to lesser situations like the societal isolation of a mental health consumer.
How does one determine the level of compassion one shows? Is there a "golden rule?"
This issue of course is much bigger than this thread could ever be. And there are many many aspects to consider.
Years ago the UN declared the Charter of Human Rights. What ethical and moral requirements required this amazing document? What was the underlying motivation?
Was it simply the realisation that to avoid the need for war and achieve a peaceful co-existence, compassion and equality of all humans is the only path?
I would be very interested in all your comments.
Care to discuss?