A parent who saves their own child over a stranger is not unjustified even if the situations are abstractly equivalent, because agent-relative prerogatives are themselves morally legitimate grounds for differential response.

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Abstractly equivalent(as used in ethics): The same when you look at only the basic, general features and ignore special details like personal relationships. Here, a child and a stranger are 'abstractly equivalent' because both are human lives in danger.
Agent-relative prerogatives(as used in ethics): The idea that it's morally acceptable for people to prioritize their own goals and loved ones over helping strangers, rather than always being required to do what helps the most people overall.
Differential response(as used in ethics): Treating different people or situations differently rather than the same way; responding in a way that varies based on circumstances.
Morally legitimate(as used in ethics): Acceptable or justified from an ethical standpoint; something that ethics actually allows or approves of.

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