Why should we care about world hunger?

Question

I'm doing a project on world hunger, and one of the questions I have to answer is "Why should we care?"
I know it's something with morals.
Can you think of a reason?
and please, I don't want a political answer

Whoops, choose the wrong catorgary.
sorry guys! xD

Answer 1

uh, well, WOULD U WANT TO STARVE?!!!!!!!!!!!!! NO! I DIDN'T THINK SO! That's why. Everyone should be able to get something to eat, just like America always has something to eat!

Answer 2

I'm kind of confused. If you don't want a political answer but religion is the wrong category, what kind of answer were you looking for? If you just want a rational one, perhaps because maybe someone who has the mind to cure cancer or bring world peace will never live to grow up. Or that resentment will build in those who manage to survive and who knows how that will be expressed. Morals wise, since we are all part of the universe, when we let another starve, we are actually starving ourselves.

Answer 3

Try this experiment. It might give you a clue.

For one whole week, eat nothing but one handful of plain rice per day, and drink nothing but water (if you can stand to do it for seven whole days). Experience the pain of *true* hunger. Then, imagine that you have no access to other food, and that no one will help you. Allow yourself to experience the despair. Know that someday it *could* be you, so be selfish enough to help others. Help to create the kind of world you want to inhabit.

Visit:
http://www.freerice.com/index.php
http://www.poverty.com
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Answer 4

I'm not sure about 'should'.... We either care or we don't.

If you want to consider care as an emotion then it isn't useful. If you want to consider the active side of caring, then clearly most of us don't care.

Basically if we 'should' care, it is because it is only by an accident of birth that we weren't born into that poverty and perhaps we could show gratitude for that. But this is more in the realm of guilt than caring.

Answer 5

definite of course I nevertheless care. it will be a tragic day whilst society stops being concerned. Australians are very giving. For the Tsunami alleviation, Aussies raised extra money consistent with populous than the different u . s . interior the international. And Victorians in simple terms raised and donated 12 million money to the infant's good Friday allure.....there are 5.25 million in Victoria... Makes me proud to be an Australian!!

Answer 6

The best way we can help is to stop supporting animal slaughter. Krishna says in the Bhagavad Gita As it is translated By Bhaktivedanta Prabhupada " As long as there is animal slaughter, there will be war and famine." So we can help end war and starvation by not eating meat, because that supports the slaughter of innocent animals. Someone has to pay for all the suffering of the innocent animals (Karma ) what goes around comes around. That is the laws of nature. Not even Christians get out of this karma. We have to stop supporting this terrible animal slaughter. Especially cows. They only need grass or hey to produce so much nice milk for us to make so many wonderful preparations like butter, cream, yogurt, cheese then we can make other things from this. The cow is like our mother she gives us nice milk for our sustenance. Do you think it is fare then to cut her throat for ones sense gratification? It is a grave sin and must be stopped if the human race wants to be happy at all. It take so much more land to feed cows to fatten them for slaughter than to grow food grains. They are mismanaging the food supply in this way. Kindly join me in being vegetarian which supports stopping starvation and war one animal at a time one person at a time..

Answer 7

I personally believe that such large numbers of people should not go hungry while a country like USA eats itself into pervasive obesity. And I guess I feel that way because I don't need to personally know someone to have empathy for their situation.

Answer 8

Christ (miraculously) fed the multitudes, so I think this showed that God is interested not only in our spiritual well being and progress, but also in our physical well being. God created our bodies, and he created Eden which contained fruit trees, so God is interested in our having something to eat. Food alone is not the answer though. Jesus said "My meat is to do the will of my Father which is in heaven." Also, "Man does not live by bread alone, but by every word which proceedeth out of the mouth of God." The "world" can mean your next door neighbor who just got out of the hospital and can't fix him or herself something to eat, or it can mean a sibling who is barely making it financially and can use some extra groceries, or a friend in the same situation. Maybe it can even mean the hungry pigeons who hang out around Burger King? Who knows?

Answer 9

We should all love and care for eachother and it could very easily be you that is sitting in Africa starving.Christians, such as me believe that God commands us to love one another, and I dont think letting someone starve and suffer is love. Love makes the world go round.

Answer 10

I hate to see another go hungry.

Now the hard part, what to do. Usually sending money or grain only funds the corrupt governments in those countries that suffer.

Answer 11

Because you have empathy for your fellow human beings?

We, as humans, have evolved the ability to empathize, from this, we have gained the ability to sympathize with the plight of others, to understand what may be causing them distress or pain, and to wish, for their sake, that their suffering would stop.