According to Rachels, passively watching a child drown in a bathtub is the moral equivalent of murder.

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Rachels argues that there is no moral difference between killing someone (an act of commission) and letting someone die (an act of omission) when one has the power to prevent the death, as in the example of passively watching a child drown.

According to Rachels, Passively Watching a Child Drown in a Bathtub