Blog Post #5 - Kameron Schreffler

 Kameron Schreffler


04/30/2022



Sections 2.3 and 3.1 of the article "Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy: Global Justice" can be connected to a paper read in class titled "Silenced Voices in Global Health" by Katri Bertram, Ngozi Erondu, Madhukar Pai. These articles both touch on our responsibilities to our compatriots and non-compatriots. This is a fascinating topic to discuss due to the ethical dilemma of if a human belongs to a global or national community. The article "Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy: Global Justice" says, "There is an important debate among egalitarian theorists about whether our concern with equality should be confined to members of the same state or whether it should extend to all globally." This concern of egalitarian theorists made me ask this question. To this dilemma, I believe that our equality concerns should be concerned globally and not just to the national extent. 


Globalization is only getting larger, creating an environment where we interact with other countries more often. Understanding global problems will give you a greater understanding of things happening in the world and why. If you support things like gender equality, you will be more likely to care about gender equality. An article by Julie Wang says, "more than 2 million girls in Guatemala do not attend school due to social boundaries?" If you support gender equality, you should care about global issues, not just specific problems that your nation is having. 


When supporting problems in other countries, your support makes a more considerable impact. When caring about global issues, you are more inclined to decrease the amount of biased or stereotypical opinions. Things like reducing natural resources, environmental damage, and overpopulation are threatening globally. I believe that people should not rely on others to solve world problems, and should take part in trying to solve all issues across the world, as even if someone is not living in your country, they are human and have feelings.  


The article by Katri Bertram does a great job of making health a global issue and not just a national problem. Bartram takes the issue of decolonization of health and takes on the case that the global south is not being appropriately represented. Bartram's goal is to fix the power structure of global health. Bringing up this concern on a global scale instead of a national scale will impact and improve more people's lives. When taking on global issues, you are not just trying to solve this particular problem, you are taking small steps to improve the world. 


I feel that the question of national versus global concerns for equality is easy. Why would you only want to improve some people's lives? We are all human and have feelings, and I feel that a much more significant impact can be made on a global level over a national level. Personally, I had an easy time deciding that I should care about the global community and not just the national community. Although I see the reasoning behind someone prioritizing their concern for their countries, I feel that it is vital to take concern over everyone in the world. If we can consider everyone when making decisions, we can live in a world that is far more compassionate, and the overall quality of life across the globe will improve tremendously.



Citations

Brock, G. (2015, March 6). Global justice. Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Retrieved May 1, 2022, from https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/justice-global/ 

Silenced voices in global health: Think global health. Council on Foreign Relations. (2020, June 3). Retrieved May 1, 2022, from https://www.thinkglobalhealth.org/article/silenced-voices-global-health

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