Doctors Without Borders
...volved with Doctors Without Borders. Levinas said that everyone on this earth is a unique expression of God, and that the faces of those people call us to respond. I believe that that’s absolutely true, because how can one not respond and try to help when you see the disturbing images of all the sick, demoralized people living in poverty. Men, women, and especially children all over the world are dieing because they simply don’t have the money for the bare essentials that we take for granted everyday. Doctors Without Borders tries to treat the many illnesses suffered by these people, by giving them access to essential medicines, supplies and health care to improve their quality of life. Furthermore, Kant told us that good is achieved when we act out of duty, good is that which is universal. Humanity must stick together, and for those who are wealthier, it is their job to help those in need. Doctors Without Borders was established to do just that, as they try to give back and help those less fortunate. Through our conscience we are also called to realize what is good. This law helps us to determine if what we do is good or bad. By properly developing our conscience, we learn that some things in life are not necessary, and that someone else in the world should not have to suffer through them when we could help. With an association like Doctors Without Borders you can donate any extra money that you have. Just think, is it worth it to buy some unnecessary materialistic object, when you could help buy a child the only meal that he will eat all week or give someone access to the one needle that will prevent them from dieing this month. Our conscience is a judgement of reason where we recognize the moral concrete of our actions and how they can be aimed to do good for others. In today’s world, with the resources we now have it’s important that we all help one another when someone is in need. Just imagine if you were in someone’s place, living in poverty, never knowing when your next meal would come. We all know that that’s a life that no one wants to live. Therefore, we need to treat others how we would want to be treated ourselves. Doctors Without Borders was founded to give help to those who are helpless by themselves, people that can’t survive with what they have. Now I know that if you were in this situation, like millions are all over the world, you would be asking, praying and hoping for some form of assistance yourself. So if everyone could give back anything they can to those in need the whole world would become a better place. Doctors Without Borders was founded back in 1971 when a group of French doctors took a proactive approach to try and help the less fortunate. They all saw the need for medical assistance in other parts of the world, so using their knowledge and expertise they did what they could to help. In simply doing what they thought was right, they formed a huge organization that attends to millions of people all over the world. Proactivity tells us to be responsible and make decisions based on our principles and values. So if we could all get involved and do what we can to hel...