Socratic Seminar on Flooding by MsCarr

FOCUS QUESTIONS

carrs5 — 2016-11-09 08:31:35 UTC

Is it the responsibility of MEDCs to assist LEDCs following a flood?

Do we as rich citizens have an ethical responsibility to help the poor?

To what extent do you agree with International Aid?

Darwin’s Evolutionary Theory “survival of the fittest” suggests that the weak should die and only the strong live so that as a race we are strong. To what extent do you agree that flooding in LEDCs is an opportunity for natural selection

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kiyaraweerakoon — 2016-11-09 09:13:40 UTC

1. In a way it is the responsibility of the more fortunate to give to the less fortunate to retain peace and equality in the world. Although the MEDC also need money for themselves, they are fortunate and rich enough to give foreign aid to countries suffering due to the consequences of floods. So yes they should but in moderate amounts so that they have ebough money to support their own economy and country as well. As for the LEDC it should be greatful for the foreign aid and accept it and ally with the country to follow and abide by the good rules of foreign policy.

2. As rich citizens we are not obliged to help the poor ut if we follow morals that have been taught for centuries, it tells us to be kind. So it is not an ethical obligation but instead a moral one. It does not matter what race or ethnicity one is from to help another race or country. So in short, it is recommended but is not an ethical obligation instead a moral obligation.

3. I think that the concept of international aid is a wonderful concept because it encourages the concept of allying, trust and equality regardless of race. Like all good things that are bad consequences and limitations to accompany. I think that foreign aid can only go so far because if one country donates too much to another it may damge country A's reputation in the world and may also lead to the backstabbing of other countries.

4. I do not completely agree nor do i disagree with darwin's theory. I believe that the strong should instead educate the week instead of eradicating them from existance. By doing so and using different point of views we as a human race in general will evolve to our strongest form. Eradication may be beneficial to avoid the problem of overpopulation, but people have become the top if the food chain and believe they can play master, and certainly will be able to find away to get rid of the problem and finsd a solution that does not harm the environment as well. For example settling on other planets. So in my opinion Darwins theory is incorrect. Instead of it being survival of the fittest it should be developing to the fittest where everybody is educated and helps to become the fittest.

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akshanshryadav — 2016-11-09 09:13:42 UTC

1. Yes, but to an extent as MEDC countries also have to take care of themselves. But the given also have to help the unfortunate because they have to keep peace in the region. They can provide aid to LEDC countries by starting initiatives that can provide donations which will help them construct defense and by giving them medicine.

2. Yes, we should help poor because it is morally right. We can help by them by giving donations which will provide medicine, equipment, shelter and materials. We can also help them by volunteering to aid and give children who are not relocated education.

3. I completely agree with this as international aid is when countries help other countries who are in need of help such as sharing resources and providing money and shelter and resources. Aid is any form of assistance that one country gives to another country.

4. No, we don't agree because everyone deserves to live. Also it is really unfair if flooding is caused by natural causes .

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christanassour_19 — 2016-11-09 09:13:58 UTC

1. In my opinion I feel that the more fortunate (MEDC) countries should be helping the less fortunate (LEDC) regardless of which country is struggling as we are all human with equal rights. MEDC countries are obviously richer than LEDC and for this reason I strongly encourage the help of LEDC countries that are struggling with natural disasters and severe floods.

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3. When it comes to international aid I think that we can agree with this to a certain point because a MEDC country can help so much but also needs to sometimes take a while to try and help themselves and their country as there is always room for improvement even when it comes to countries. I'm not saying that we should not help the less fortunate but we should be giving a reasonable amount or else the country giving will become a LEDC.

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RaniaSarahni — 2016-11-09 09:14:00 UTC

1. Yes. We do believe it is a responsibility as the LEDCs have less resources and money tohelp themselves, so it is the duty of the MEDCs to help them and send them resources as they have resources and money to spare. It is the fortunate helping the unfortunate and making it so everyone has a fair and equal amount of aid when needed. This only applies to the MEDCs who have money and other resources to spare. If a MEDC does not have the ability to aid the LEDCs then I believe they should think of their own country first before helping an LEDC.

2. We do not believe it is an ethical responsibitly but more of a Morally right responsibility. It is something that people do if they are kind and wish to help others but if people are greedy and only want to keep their money for themselves (they are selfish). Then that is their choice. So No it's not an ethical responsibility.

3. We completely agree with International Aid as it is countries helping each other and sharing resources when they have the ability to share them. So instead of fighting and competing over who has more resources and shaming those who don't have any. We help each other as to be able to have everyone have an equal amount of resources.

4. We do not agree with "the survival of the fittest" because instead of going against each other and separating the strong from the weak we should have the strong educate and aid the weak so that everyone becomes strong. If someone dies in a flood that happens in an LEDC it shouldnt be taken as a good thing or as a removal of those who are weak and won't
survive but instead it should be taken as a loss and we should mourn and aid the country. So we 100% disagree with this statement.
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lilinaraghi — 2016-11-09 09:14:10 UTC

1. I think MEDCs is not responsible for helping LEDC because MEDCs are also not that fortunate when it comes to flooding but they still are more fortunate then the LEDCs, Its their choice to either help or not.

2. No, its not ethical to help the poor but we should be kind to others and have some empathy and to help the poor .

3.I agree with International Aid because MEDC countries should support the LEDC countries to help the people out and also natural disasters and also if they help countries out, they will be helped back when they need it.

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wardthabet77 — 2016-11-09 09:14:14 UTC

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In my opinion I think that it would be MEDC responsibility to give the LEDC countries assists because they have a lot of money and they could give the LEDC countries more resources and supplies to help the survive disaster that was caused because of flood.
2)
Living in the UAE and knowing that it is a rich country considering that it is a desert, I still think that we can help them by sending to the LEDC countries some of our volunteers so that they can help the people that were left there suffering.
3)
I agree with the international aid because I believe that we should help the people that are poor and need help from any disaster that has happened, because they are helping them through something

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malakeism28 — 2016-11-09 09:14:17 UTC

Question: is it the responsibility of MEDC to assist LEDCs following a flood?
Answer: i think they should because LEDC countries because they do not have as much resources as MEDC countries have.

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gamingboy575 — 2016-11-09 09:14:24 UTC

1)MEDC should help the LEDC since they are in need after a flood,helping other countries in need is gonna be good since the MEDC have lots of money to re build and make defences mabye it would be good to help each other most of the time.

2)We as rich citizens could help poor citizens by giving them 5dhs or $2 that could help people get on their feet and do something.And another reason is that we might be in their position once so it is good to help others

3)Ofcourse we should if the LEDC's are in need of some money to go back on their feet and build better defesnes MEDC should tottaly help and it might help build an alliance.

4)I tottaly disagree with that decision,because it is very bad to let the people who are weak die,if they are weak then you should help them get strong that will make the world a better place and plus everyone deserves to live their life

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arthur_collignon — 2016-11-09 09:14:52 UTC

1. I think MEDCs aren't totally responsible of helping LEDCs depending on their foreign and international policy. They have the choice to help the country or not which will have economic effect but not helping the countries may have negative effect with foreign connections. The countries that require help may also demand nearby MEDCs and I think that MEDCs should be considerate and actually help countries in need for multiple reasons.
2. I think that rich citizens like us can help the poor by donating money or other necessities if they want to. The rich have worked to make their money and they can do what they want with it. Citizens don't always help the poor but, the rich who do will sometimes give large amount of money as they are considerate and willing to help the world. This is only up to people wether or not to donate and will have positive effect if money is donated. If people don't donate only the poor willbe effected negatively but, nothing will happen to the person who didn't donate.
3. I totally agree with international aid as it is a way to help countries in need and also be helped when in need. I think that this system is very helpful and is very practical. International aid is most common with neighbouring countries and countries that demand help.
4. I think that floods in LEDCs isn't a natural selection as floods can also happen in rich countries and is also caused by man are prblems like global warming and is also dependent on the area and terrain. Australia has the terrain of and LEDC while being and MEDC and has floods just as bad. This shows that floods aren't natural selection as Australia is an MEDC which means that they have money and having money is one of the ways we decide power and strength. In today's societies money is very important making it a sign of power therefor debunking the theory that floods are natural selection. Also the rich help the poor by giving money showing hat they are concerned and don't follow he Emory of survival of the fittest absolutely. I think that darwins theory is interesting an
unique also follows the key concept of evolution and its basic rules but flooding isn't throwing to follow that theory as foods get rid of Bothe powerful and weak people.

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ananyasalecha — 2016-11-09 09:14:58 UTC

It is the responsibility of MEDC countries to help the LEDs countries when they need help and its is an act of being caring toward them

Yes as rich citizens and being
A part of a MEDC country we have could take initiative of helping Less econimically developed country when they need international aid or any source from the foreign policy.We can take responsibility of helping the poor as rich countries and people have money that can be used for better causes than for luxurious purposes as it can help people that are in need of help .ThEre are several ways of helping the poor by providing them with aid,security,clothing and money.When citizens help the poor it shows empathy Toward the less fortunate .

We agree to a great extent with international aid as it is an aid that helps other countries in several ways and it he
So the other nation can see each other perspectives when they need help .International aid is an great aid as
International aid is use for a good cause towards the people and countries that need help .I feel if an country /nation can contrubute/help an other country/nation in anyway possible they should because the other country can use it for saving lives and for rebuilding damaged areas(houses/streets/building)

I disagree with the theory's of if a flood occurs in a LEDC country it is an opportunity for the weak to leave !
I disagree because every human as a right to live if they are Weak-strong-female-male they all have the equal rights to live.We should not get rid of the weakest we should help the LEDC so that they can become strong as a country and as a human ,and if we help them and support them we will have a strong human raise and strong countries .And if we all help each other we all can become strong so when anyone needs help we all have something to give to them .Overall if we help them we all can be advanced and we all can be string and bug .

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reemoonus2000 — 2016-11-09 09:16:48 UTC

1) In my opinion i think that the MEDC countries should be helping the LEDC countries because they have a lot of money so why not spend a little with helping other people.

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3) I agree with international aid because

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momo711madrid — 2016-11-09 09:18:12 UTC

1). I think that MEDCs shouldn't help LEDCs because it is LEDCs responsibility and not MDECs because they might not have money but it is their problem and not the MEDCs because they won't always have help when they need it, and that is a reason why they need to take care of their country by THEMSELVES.

2).Rich citizens should help poor citizens because the poor have no choice but to survive or die. Rich people can help them because theu have enough money to but poor people dont uave the choice but die. saving a life is worth money so i think we should give them a hand with some money or taking them to your house.

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guncesudu — 2016-11-09 09:18:54 UTC

1) I think that they should help because do not have money to build flood defenses and some people do not have enough money to go to schools and they are not educated about floods so they do not know what might happen if they do not build flood defenses.
2) I think that we do have an ethical responsibility of helping them because they because they are poor does not mean that they cannot survive floods, we should help them so they can get educated about floods and build defenses to get protected from flood ordecrease the amount of the flood level.
3) I think that MEDCs should give international

Focus Questions

imaanmovania — 2016-11-09 09:19:26 UTC

I think that countries that are more fortunate than others should help LEDC countries because the LEDC countries can't afford the proper equipment to stop or prevent flooding and neither do they have warning on flooding.

I think it is an ethical obligation for rich people to help the less fortunate because I believe these people deserve to be helped and it will also give you the satisfaction of being able to change someone's life.

I agree with the international aid all the way because it helps the countries in the nearby areas and it helps the country to recover after the terrible event. It also makes the MEDC countries reputation better, but that is what I think.

My Answer

riyarallan2003 — 2016-11-09 09:21:01 UTC

I think that it is our responsibility to help the LEDCs during floods as we have the resources and the education, so they are also people and they deserve to be helped. We should try to use our money and resources to help others as much as we can.
I also feel that we should help the poor to Be in better conditions and in any way hat we can, as we all are people. However it is not our responsibility as if someone wants to help they can, I feel like it is very important to do so as that is my opinion but it is not necessarily our responsibility. But I personally feel that it is mine.

I very much agree with international aid, as it gives us a chance to help other countries who may not be as developed as us, we are all a part of the same race so we should be able to fall back to each other and support each other when we need to. International aid is a way that people can still get treated or helped even if thier own country can't fully help. I feel that the Internationally aid is very important and we can all contribute to helping each other.

I personally do not really agree with this theory, as we all deserve to live and have a life, the floods are not a way for natural selection as we all are able help each other.

Dragon Answers

carrs5 — 2016-11-09 09:25:09 UTC

More economically developed countries like Russia, the USA and the UK are often less affected by floods. The only exception is the UAE, where flood is a synonym for disarray and turmoil. The UAE will find itself in a very slippery situation if it continues its cloud seeding plans. If it is on bad terms with other countries by not helping them (do not get me wrong here, the UAE are very helpful to poorer nations) Even MEDCs can be caught off guard sometimes, so they need to invest in foreign aid so that other countries will help them. However, helping poorer nations often take a greater toll in money on MEDCs than helping each other as an LEDC is less likely to be able to aid an MEDC, as MEDCs can help each other in times of need.

Natural Selection is a very plausible idea. If people cannot or do not manage floods, it is their fault for not trying, or not caring, or not encouraging the

Jad

2016-11-09 09:26:03 UTC

(1I do think it is the responsibility of MEDCs to assist LEDCs and the reason being is because the MEDCs have a lot of money to help them selves and also enough to help the LEDCs so why not help the failing country and another thing is when an MEDC helps an LEDC the two types of countries can form an alliance which can make and LEDC a stronger country (2 yes I think we should help poor countries (4 i think we sohuld help them only a couple times be