Ethics and Values / Unit 8 Ethics 355 short lesson, about 20 seconds
The Drowning Child
Captions available
The idea
Singer's drowning child: a passerby who could save a child at the cost of muddy clothes must do it — and distance, Singer argues, changes nothing.
In practice
The uncomfortable arithmetic: the concert budget could cure a stranger's blinding infection. The pond, Singer says, is now everywhere.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
Unlocks
Something wrong in this lesson? Flag it · Sources for Ethics and Values