Exam 23: A Reply to Singer Travis Timmerman

Do you think that Singer's inference from his Drowning Child case to his key claim-"if it is in your power to prevent something bad from happening, without sacrificing anything nearly as important, it is wrong not to do so"-is warranted? If it is unwarranted, what principle explains our commonsense verdict that we ought to save the child? Do you think this principle is more or less plausible than Singer's key claim? Explain your answer.

Timmerman thinks that his Drowning Children case shows that Unlucky Lisa is

Singer supports his key claim-"If it is in your power to prevent something bad from happening, without sacrificing anything nearly as important, it is wrong not to do so"-with

According to Timmerman, the standard objection to Singer's argument is the