Re: Going into a burning building to save a child
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you cant compare donating money to a specific charity with saving a human that will die immediately directly in front of you w/o intervention.
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Saying you CAN'T compare them is a stretch. African babies die all the time without intervention. Whether they are in front of you or not is irrelevant, which I believe is part of Lebowski's point. We are more inclined to save some random child simply based on proximity, but if you are willing to risk death for a kid that you share no genes with, why wouldn't you prefer donating to specific charities to help African babies? Far more utility and no risk.
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