You are a member of the country of Eggonia’s Grand Council on Ethics.  The council has been given charge of deciding whether or not your country’s citizens are morally obligated to send famine relief to the neighboring country of Furesia.  In centuries past, both countries had thriving economies that were based on a small egg-laying mammal called the ‘frazzle’.  During the summer, frazzles would migrate to Furesia where they would shed their fur.  Furesians would collect the furs and sell them to neighboring countries.  In the winter, frazzles would travel to Eggonia where they would mate and lay their eggs.  Eggonians would then harvest and sell the eggs.  A hundred or so years ago, the Eggonians discovered that they could capture the frazzles and keep them locked up in factories where they could produce eggs all year round.  (Keep in mind that while in captivity, fur ceases to grow on the frazzles.)  While this resulted in a booming Eggonian economy (roughly as prosperous as the current U.S. economy), it also had the effect of bringing the Furesian economy to ruin.  With almost no natural resources, the Furesians have been undergoing a devastating famine that has cost millions of lives over the past fifty years.

Directions: You are to write a paper expressing an argument as to whether or not individual Eggonians are required to send aid to the Furesians.  In the process of doing so, you will most likely need to focus on discussing either Singers or Van Wyks views of economic justice in detail (see below for details). A successful paper will meet the following conditions:
I. Intro
II. Discussion of either Singers or Van Wyks view
III. What would either Singer or Van Wyk have to say about the case?
IV. Objection to either Singer or Van Wyk.
V. Your position in detail
– Include a discussion of whether you think Singer or Van Wyk can avoid the objection against them that you discussed).
VI. To what extent do you believe that the circumstances surrounding Eggonia and Furesia resemble the actual circumstances that exist regarding wealthy and poor countries?  What, if anything, should wealthy countries do to help poor countries?
VII. Conclusion