If we were to walk past a shallow pond and see a child drowning in it, Singer would claim that
A) It would be good to save the child, but not wrong if we didn't.
B) We are morally obligated to save the child.
C) It would be morally wrong not to save the child.
D) Both b and c

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Peter Singer argues that if it is in our power to prevent something bad from happening, without thereby sacrificing anything of comparable moral importance, we ought, morally, to do it. Saving a drowning child falls under this principle, making it both a moral obligation and morally wrong not to do so.

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