“Famine, Affluence, and Morality” - 2024 ACF Regionals @ Imperial

Question

This essay was written to argue for sending relief to victims in the Bangladesh Liberation War. For 10 points each:

[10h] Name this essay that posits a thought experiment in which one can save a drowning child in a shallow pond by getting their clothes dirty, before asking why the same logic did not apply to children farther away.

ANSWER: “Famine, Affluence, and Morality”

[10e] “Famine, Affluence, and Morality” was written by this Australian thinker, who argued for vegetarianism in his book Animal Liberation.

ANSWER: Peter Singer [or Peter Albert David Singer]

[10m] Singer is a member of this movement whose organizations include Giving What We Can and 80,000 Hours. Longtermism is closely linked with this movement supported by William MacAskill.

ANSWER: effective altruism [or EA]

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Summary


2024 ACF Regionals @ Cornell	01/27/2024	Y	1	20.00	100%	100%	0%
2024 ACF Regionals @ JMU	01/27/2024	Y	1	20.00	100%	100%	0%
2024 ACF Regionals @ Minnesota	01/27/2024	Y	1	20.00	100%	100%	0%
2024 ACF Regionals @ Nebraska	01/27/2024	Y	3	20.00	100%	100%	0%
2024 ACF Regionals @ Ohio State	01/27/2024	Y	1	20.00	100%	100%	0%
2024 ACF Regionals @ Rutgers	01/27/2024	Y	2	25.00	100%	100%	50%
2024 ACF Regionals @ Imperial	01/27/2024	Y	5	20.00	100%	80%	20%
2024 ACF Regionals @ Vanderbilt	01/27/2024	Y	2	25.00	100%	50%	100%

Data


Bristol	Durham B	0	10	0	10
Durham A	Cambridge A	0	10	10	20
Edinburgh	Cambridge B	10	10	10	30
Warwick	Imperial A	0	10	10	20
Sheffield	Oxford C	0	10	10	20