Question
Description acceptable. The creator of this thought experiment elaborated upon it with a discussion of W.H. Lecky’s idea of the “expanding circle” of human concern. For 10 points each:
[10h] Describe this thought experiment that sets up a scenario to ask you if you would intervene with increased distance or decreased success rate to advocate donating to charity.
ANSWER: drowning child analogy [accept answers relating the scenario of a child drowning in a lake; accept BUT DO NOT REVEAL OTHERWISE Peter Singer’s drowning child analogy]
[10m] The drowning child analogy appears in an essay by this Australian thinker, which he later elaborated on in his book The Life You Can Save.
ANSWER: Peter Singer [or Peter Albert David Singer]
[10e] Peter Singer is a leading figure in this field of philosophy. The trolley problem and the Heinz dilemma are other thought experiments in this branch of philosophy that deals with right and wrong.
ANSWER: ethics [or moral philosophy] (The Singer essay is “Famine, Affluence, and Morality.”)
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Summary
| 2023 ILLIAC (Cornell) | 2023-10-21 | Y | 4 | 27.50 | 100% | 100% | 75% |
| 2023 ILLIAC (Mainsite) | 2023-10-21 | Y | 8 | 20.00 | 100% | 50% | 50% |
Data
| Cornell Fire | Rochester B | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| Rochester A | Rochester C | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| Cornell Earth | RIT | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| Cornell Wind | Columbia Ly-α | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |