Unit 4 Ethical Issue

World Resource Issues

• Third World Countries


• Will there be change


• Should we continue help and change ourselves

The matter of the resources in the US has been a problem on the rise for many years. The US is slowly running out of resources. Even though we are a country of wealth and freedom, there is no regulation on certain thing and as time passes we are using up our resources needed for survival in the future. So how can we regulate these things so generations to come can survive without violating freedom?

Third World Countries

I think that the third world countries are over populated to begin with. With that being said it is all that they know. They do not have the finances to provide proper nutrition and health care and also they cannot afford the contraceptives to change the growth in the population. They also do not have the knowledge to change on their own for it is all that they know to do what they are doing. They consume less than the people here in the US also. Even though we would like to tell them to stop reproducing because it is causing problems throughout the would, we cannot do that.

Will there be change

The people in the US consume more than any other place in the world. Our economy is booming and although the resources are slowly running out the economy is not slowing down. Is it our need to continue to consume in mass quantities or is it our lack of knowledge to change? I think that it has to do with a little bit of both. We cannot tell people to limit the consumption of resources because that is a violation of our rights and freedoms. Also the people just lack the knowledge to change what we know and what we have been used to for so long.

Should we continue help and change ourselves

Even though we would like to get the third world countries out of the slump that they are in, no matter what we do to help them out they will remain in poverty. Where is their governments? They should be the ones trying to improve their countries not us. Although I do think that we should help them out the best that we can I think that no matter what we do things will not change. I also think that changing the way that we do things will not happen either. It is a nice thought to want everyone in this world to live free and healthy and have all the necessities but in reality it will never happen.