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#214 - Cosmic Skeptic - How Do We Define What Is Good & Bad?
Modern Wisdom
The Difference Between Doing and Allowing
There seems to be a moral difference between doing and allowing. But it's not as simple as people think it is, says the author. Peter Singer gives example of child drowning in shallow pond. If you refuse to intervene at cost of 30 pounds but that's what you do every single time? You're an immoral monster, right? So this is where this... Hey, I've stumbled upon some ethics. Stumbled upon... Yeah. Well, this is kind of the analysis that's given. It's like, well, there's a difference between does and allowing. There's a difference from allowing a bad thing to happen and being the cause of abad thing to happen. Sure.
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