Peter Webster, Chapter 1 Question 6

A passage that stuck out to me was when Wheelan asked the question,"Is it fair for those of us who live comfortably to impose our preferences on individuals in the developing world?" His example of this was South American villagers destroying rain forests and ecosystems while he sat in Starbucks drinking his latte, disgusted by the fact that people were doing that. After he thought about it he realized that if he were in their shoes he would do the same thing. Those people are trying to get money any way they can just for their family to survive. It is tough to think about the situations of people who live in those countries that can't even drink clean water, but we cannot really argue about what they do to get money (unless it's illegal) to support their needy family. When it comes to supporting a family most people will do anything to make sure they get what they need.