SHOULD WE GIVE MONEY TO BEGGARS?. Issue 37 (17th March 2014)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Moen, Ole Martin
• Is Part Of: Think. Volume 13:Issue 37(2014)
• Page Start: 73
• Page End: 76
• Publication Date: 2014-03-17
• Subjects: Philosophy -- Periodicals; 105
• DOI: 10.1017/S1477175613000481
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1477-1756

Abstract

<abstract abstract-type="normal"> <title> <x content-type="archive" xml:space="preserve">Abstract</x> </title> <p>In this paper it is argued that we should not give money to beggars. Rather than spending our welfare budget on the people whom we happen to pass by on the street, we should spend it on those who are genuinely poor and who can be helped the most with each pound that we give. A pound given to a beggar in a Western country, it is argued, is a pound spent on someone who – in a global perspective – is relatively well off. That pound, if spent better, could have rescued the life of a starving child in another part of the world.</p> </abstract>