Who decides how we’ll save the future?
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The Drowning Child Thought Experiment of Peter Singer
"Morality is not only about failing, but not violating people's lights," he says. "The fact that this child drowning in the shallow pond, maybe i have no relationship to them... But they are a person, and that gives me certain obligations to help them." He adds: "We need to figure out on this very tough question of, which do we focus on first?"
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