In your opinion, are the tangible measures established for global well-being and development legitimate in legal-political as well as medical terms? In other words, if health standards seem legitimate, does this imply any political obligation on part of states to tax their citizens in order to fund such projects? On What practical moral basis should such obligation be binding, and to what degree? What reasons have critics of development assistance given for limiting the level of state commitment to these global projects?
Many American Christians are divided on the issue of what the Church (or individual believers) owes to meeting contemporary UN development standards, whether political or health-related. Using biblical and extra-biblical sources to inform your own reasoning, explain where you stand along this spectrum of views and why.
