Read this passage: We have several options: we may be tempted to try to live by the Christian ideal of being "our brother's keep
er," or by the Marxist ideal of "to each according to his needs." Since the needs of all in the water are the same, and since they can all be seen as "our brothers," we could take them all into our boat, making a total of 150 in a boat designed for 60. The boat swamps, everyone drowns. Complete justice, complete catastrophe. Garrett Hardin, "Lifeboat Ethics: The Case Against Helping the Poor" How does the author show in the passage that he is questioning a phrase or implying its opposite meaning?
The author places quotation marks around the sentences to show the opposite meaning between the two sentences and the confusion about which phrase to follow. This happens in the text in the following part: <em>"we may be tempted to try to live by the Christian ideal of being "our brother's keeper," or by the Marxist ideal of "to each according to his needs." </em>
The author shows that there is an opposition between "our brother's keeper" and "to each according to his needs". They are phrases that do not match and that have different purposes.
