but they’ve yet to truly see it in action
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still obligated
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some of these philosophers try their hardest to frame these questions as psychotically as they can
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I have a moral obligation to do this mandarin homework, and here I am being evil reading useless messages
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It’s possible that in the World, Death is the leading cause of Death. Does that mean you aren’t obligated to save this child’s life???
e Drowning Child
Excellent, we reckon that response shows you’ve got your head screwed on right. After all, if you were drowning, then likely you wouldn’t be best pleased if your would-be rescuers announced they weren’t going to bother pulling you out of the water because lots of other people were also going to drown over the next year.
A Matter of Geography
We have one final question based on this scenario. Would it make any difference if the child were far away, in another country perhaps, but similarly in danger of death, and equally within your means to save, at no great cost – and absolutely no danger – to yourself?
It would make no difference. I would have a moral obligation to save the child.
That would make a difference. I would not have a moral obligation to save the child.
I have a moral obligation to sleep and here I am watchinf nyself back on a Twitch stream
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still obligated
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True
I mean if it were possible i would just call my boss to see if I could get a pass to save the kid
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to poke fun at n in an enderaing way but imagine this but you are late for work
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how the fuck are you gonna save a drowning kid in another country
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da
this was fun
if im drowning in a lake i’ll scream for you and see what happens
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i know what this is leading up to and i know peter singer doesn’t practice what he preaches. why take this seriously
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marginal utility is peter singer father
mage hands
I’ve had people across the world save my life.
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i don’t know what its leading up to its amazing
reading this as “may is a saint” instead of “may writes his own morality”
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remember the champagne question? pretty much that
The Drowning Child
Good, that’s a pleasing response, especially if one takes into account that the idea that we have a greater moral obligation towards those who are local to us - our fellow country people, for example - than to those who are far away is not uncommon (albeit it is hard to justify).
Final Question
Likely you’ll be pleased to hear that you’re virtually at the end now. We just want to ask you one further question, but this time it isn’t specifically to do with the drowning child scenario. Here it is:
Are you morally obliged to make a relatively small donation, perhaps to the value of a new shirt or a night out at a restaurant, to an overseas aid agency such as Oxfam within the next few days (and even if you have previously made such a donation, perhaps even recently)?
Yes, I am morally obliged to make such a donation.
No, I am not morally obliged to make such a donation.