I saw a drowning child yesterday. I was taking my morning run and as I passed the pond on my route I saw a child slip in and fall into the pond. A little bit further away I saw ten children slip and fall into the next pond over. I carefully measured out the distance to each of the two ponds and found that the pond with a single drowning child was slightly closer to me. Therefore I had no ethical obligation to the ten children further away. I waded in and saved the single child closer to me and together we stood on the bank and watched the ten children drown.
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Here's the full philosophical argument from Peter Singer:
And an article from Richard Hanania arguing why is beneficial to intervene in this instance:

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