<description>&lt;p&gt;In this interview of the Philosophy Bites podcast Nigel Warburton interviews David Edmonds about Peter Singer's famous thought experient about what you would do if you saw a child at risk of drowning in a shallow pond, and what the moral implications of that. David has recently published a book about this thought experiment called &lt;em&gt;Death in a Shallow Pond&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

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David Edmonds on Peter Singer's Shallow Pond Thought Experiment

OCT 5, 202519 MIN
Philosophy Bites

David Edmonds on Peter Singer's Shallow Pond Thought Experiment

OCT 5, 202519 MIN

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In this interview of the Philosophy Bites podcast Nigel Warburton interviews David Edmonds about Peter Singer's famous thought experient about what you would do if you saw a child at risk of drowning in a shallow pond, and what the moral implications of that. David has recently published a book about this thought experiment called Death in a Shallow Pond.