 Of course, since his thought experiment concerns an unusual emergency case, it might be suggested that, since we are not frequently faced with the choice of who to pull from a burning building, Godwin’s position, as radical as it is, has few implications for everyday moral decision-making. But as Singer (1972) has argued, those of us who live in economically privileged countries can, by choosing to donate some of our incomes to charity, prevent people elsewhere on the planet from dying of hunger, easily preventable diseases, etc.; and this seems to imply that we are always in the situation of choosing who lives and who dies – whether or not we explicitly acknowledge the fact. (See also Unger 1996 and Singer 2009. Singer’s work has given rise to the movement popularly known as ‘effective altruism,’ composed of people who attempt to dedicate their lives to doing as much practical good as possible. One popular strategy is to donate as much as possible to those charitable organizations judged to be most effective. Such views, like Godwin’s, adhere to the view that we owe as much moral attention and effort to those who are distant and unrelated to us as to our neighbors, close friends, and even family.