tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16594468.post4842499276646091859..comments2023-10-24T04:29:23.693-06:00Comments on Atheist Ethicist: Nationalism 015: Refugee OptionsAlonzo Fyfehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05687777216426347054noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16594468.post-31471419308335202212018-10-29T07:25:33.881-06:002018-10-29T07:25:33.881-06:00I am afraid that I am confused by your comment.
I...I am afraid that I am confused by your comment.<br /><br />If an innocent person is in reasonable fear for her life, it really does not matter whether the cause is a person or nature itself. It does matter if the threat itself is justified (e.g., chasing down a criminal), but the vast majority of refugees do not fall in this category.<br /><br />A person with good desires and lacking bad desires would want to help.<br /><br />As for overpopulation . . . that is a different problem that suggests different solutions. Indeed, the best solution to the overpopulation problem found so far is to increase the economic status of women - to give them options other than having children. This has had significant effects in actually reversing population growth in developed countries. Current evidence suggests that the human population will peak at about 9 to 10 billion and then begin a slow global decline, so long as the rights of women are respected.Alonzo Fyfehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05687777216426347054noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16594468.post-68629742017527337802018-10-28T07:41:50.909-06:002018-10-28T07:41:50.909-06:00What about these economic/political refugees?
Th...What about these economic/political refugees? <br /><br />These are man made problems. Does that change our understanding/attitude toward the refugees?<br /><br />And yet we also know that the world is overpopulated, based on Co2 levels. So what are the choices? <br />Do nothing? <br />Self harm by bring more people into a less overpopulated area? <br />Ignore the problem until it actually impacts us substantially? FredThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08382242668090490676noreply@blogger.com