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Unit 2 Position Paragraph
Kevin Weaver
HU245 Ethics
Paige Erickson, M.A., M.A
Purdue University Global
31 October 2023
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The article I have chosen to discuss is “Delivering aid during war is tricky” it discusses
the issue with countries sending aid to Gaza and what it means to the issues faced in that country.
With the pro and cons faced when sending humanitarian aid to Gaza I believe Kantistism is the
best theory to apply in this as we should focus on the action of what the relief will help those
citizens and not worry about the consequences. On the other side utilitarianism theory can be
applied by not providing aid to Gaza since by not providing aid could lead to a shorter conflict in
that area and the overall peace of the area (Abrams, 2023). With Utilitarianism the goal of the
theory is to calculate the overall good of a action and make sure the good outweighs the negative.
This applies to this article cause on the viewpoints is that we should not provide aid to Gaza
since it may indirectly fund a terrorist organization and further prolong the conflict. An element
of Kantianism in this article is that it is the UN job as a third party peace keeper to help any
country that is part of the organization as doing good by those innocent people is well
intentioned (Abrams,2023). This full fill my understanding of the theory as Kantianism focuses
on the action itself as a moral obligation and not the consequence of that action. Since providing
aid to Gaza may prolong the conflict the act of providing aid to those people is the right thing to
do and benefits the innocent. Which is why I choosing this theory to support this article as
helping innocent people in a conflict is morally right even though the consequences of those
actions may cause harm in the future.
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Reference:
MacKinnon, B. & Fiala, A. (2021).
Ethics: Theory and Contemporary Issues. 9th Edition.
Cengage.
Abrams, Joel (2023) Deliv
ering Aid during war is tricky. https://theconversation.com/delivering-aid-during-war-is-tricky-heres-what-to-know-about-
what-gaza-relief-operations-may-face-215948
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