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    When it is in our power to prevent something bad from hap... — Carmelics
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    Supports→We have extensive duties to assist the global poor.
    Supports→You are morally obligated to save a drowning infant in a shallow pond when doing so requires minimal effort and inconvenience.

    When it is in our power to prevent something bad from happening without sacrificing anything comparable, it is wrong not to prevent the bad from occurring.

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    One of the most visible and large-scale contemporary global justice problems we face is that of global poverty. What ought we to do for the 1 billion or so people who currently live in poverty? (This is a huge area nicely canvassed in the entry on international distributive justice.) A few seminal arguments deserve mention here as well, however. In a classic argument Peter Singer describes a so-called easy rescue case in which an infant is drowning in a shallow pond. You happen by and can sa

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