My understanding is that Peter Singer argues that because you would ruin your shoes to jump into a creek to save a drowning child, you should incur an equivalent cost to save the life of a child in the third world.
BTW that is no longer possible (if it ever even was) unless you’re wearing pretty expensive shoes indeed.
BTW that is no longer possible (if it ever even was) unless you’re wearing pretty expensive shoes indeed.
On the other hand, a pair of dress shoes and a suit might still be more expensive, and might get ruined when you save somebody from a pool of mud.