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Drowning Child Obligation Independent of Self-Reliance

Even if a person legitimately earned all their wealth themselves, that fact is morally irrelevant to whether they ought to save a child drowning in a shallow pond at the trivial cost of ruining their suit; the obligation to help persists regardless of how self-made one is.

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Speaker

Will MacAskill

Evidence Quote

that really seems neither here nor there with respect to whether you ought to try and wade in and save this child who might be drowning

Source

228 - Doing GoodMaking Sense with Sam Harris
Created: 6/14/2026, 2:36:45 AM

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