tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7781646534201708629.post5928099879649198274..comments2024-01-08T00:08:53.008+00:00Comments on ombhurbhuva: The Depth of Singer's Pondombhurbhuvahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07789523088428270027noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7781646534201708629.post-83674929197423596152012-12-07T22:59:47.103+00:002012-12-07T22:59:47.103+00:00Thanks for that background.
Singer shares with T...Thanks for that background. <br />Singer shares with <i>The Shadow</i> the power to cloud men’s minds. Wouldn’t the Samaritan have been much better off leaving the hapless traveller to his fate and putting all that energy into helping several other people? It’s not triage like a real war where there are several live options before you which have to rank. The idea that you abandon the good that is before you to do in order to do good for unknown unmet with individuals is a false dichotomy based on a twisted consequentialism or preference utilitarianism. ombhurbhuvahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07789523088428270027noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7781646534201708629.post-54559568227330811592012-12-07T16:14:18.202+00:002012-12-07T16:14:18.202+00:00I tried to decide what I think about your post and...I tried to decide what I think about your post and the one to which you link. Instead I found myself doing some informational strip-mining on the 2010 Chilean disaster. The mine had already experienced a number of prior collapses, resulting in 8 deaths in the 12 years preceding the famous collapse. Between 2004 and 2010 the government had levied 42 fines on the mine owners for safety violations. In all likelihood these fines were merely scratching the surface: due to budgetary cutbacks there were only 3 inspectors assigned to 884 mines in the region. <br /><br />When the big collapse trapped 33 miners a half-mile underground, the mining company declared bankruptcy, throwing responsibility for the rescue onto the government. The human drama held the world in empathic captivity culminating in the nearly miraculous release. In the immediate aftermath the Chilean President fired the head of the mining regulatory agency, vowing a major overhaul. Within weeks 18 other mines were closed for safety reasons, while another 300 were put on probation pending repairs and installation of adequate safeguards.ktismaticshttp://ktismatics.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com