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[โ€“] JillyB@beehaw.org 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

If a child was drowning in shallow water and you were the only one around to help, I think you would be morally obligated to do you best to save them. Doing nothing would be committing something

[โ€“] commie@lemmy.dbzer0.com -1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

we already have a concept of moral duties, which is what this seems to be speaking toward. but the inelegancy of equating inaction with action is just muddying the waters for a productive conversation.