Cookie Thread Act 3: The Cookie Strikes Back

General
#19207

the obligation is to flip off peter singer by pointing out the existence of false dichotomies

#19208

Multiple colleagues are already aware that i value my job more than everyone’s lives, my own included

#19209

Yup, that’s got to be the morally sound response. The fact you dirtied your work shirt rescuing some kid last week surely doesn’t annul your obligation to help a child this week who may well drown without your intervention.

Okay, we’re now going to widen our focus a little to see whether this alters how you view the issue of moral obligation as it applies here.

Water Safety

It’s possible that you’re not aware that in the United States drowning is the second leading cause of unintentional injury/death for children aged 1 to 14 years. Does the fact that saving this particular child’s life won’t contribute towards solving the more general problem of water safety mean that you’re not obligated to save the child after all?

No, I still have a moral obligation to save the child.
Yes, actually it does mean I do not have a moral obligation to save the child.

#19210

Everything I want to do is moral and everything I don’t want to do is immoral

#19211

but they’ve yet to truly see it in action

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#19212

still obligated

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#19213

some of these philosophers try their hardest to frame these questions as psychotically as they can

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#19214

I have a moral obligation to do this mandarin homework, and here I am being evil reading useless messages

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#19215

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???

#19216

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.

#19217

I have a moral obligation to sleep and here I am watchinf nyself back on a Twitch stream

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#19218

still obligated

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#19219

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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#19220

to poke fun at n in an enderaing way but imagine this but you are late for work

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#19221

how the fuck are you gonna save a drowning kid in another country

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#19222

da
this was fun
if im drowning in a lake i’ll scream for you and see what happens

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#19223

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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#19224

marginal utility is peter singer father

#19225

mage hands

#19226

I’ve had people across the world save my life.

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