Critics Often Respond to the DROWNING CHILD Argument from Chapter

question 28

Multiple Choice

Critics often respond to the DROWNING CHILD argument from Chapter 7 by pointing out differences between the case of the child drowning in a pond and the case of children dying from poverty in distant countries. How does Peter Singer respond when people point out those differences?

• A) He "bites the bullet" and admits that the conclusion holds despite those morally relevant differences.
• B) He insists that his moral intuition is that those differences are not morally relevant.
• C) He changes the scenario in the analogy to eliminate those differences (e.g., by adding other people near the pond who could help).
• D) He points out that such differences do not undermine the point about having obligations to save people in your own community.

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