PHIL 209J Lecture 2: Lecture 2 PHIL209j
6 Oct 2016
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Reactions: do you admire someone who doesn"t save a child, do you think ill of such a person, do you think The way we view mortals need to be changed. It is wrong to not give the money to the starving: we ought to give the money away [to save the starving] and it is wrong not to do so . Suffering and death from lack of food are bad. A principle > generalization of child drowning in pond: if it is in our power to prevent something bad from happening without sacri cing something morally signi cant we ought to morally do it. Difference between killing someone and failing to save them.
