George Gulliver salary for the month , I cannot morally justify spending these resources on anything that is in my interest purely on the basis that they are my interests . I must weigh up who is more deserving of my resources and direct them there , to shave my living expenses down to the very bare minimum so that they can be redirected accordingly . A dire consequence arises from this strict brand of impartiality when the agent rejects the act-omissions doctrine . This doctrine states that omission from helping someone in danger is equally as immoral as the act that caused the danger . For example , not helping a drowning person is as bad as drowning that person yourself . The impartiality thesis , if accepted , would mean that if any person starved to death or died of any other lack of resources , I would be prima facie guilty of having murdered that person . If I buy myself a pastry from the bakery because I have worked hard and think I deserve it , I have deprived a starving child of food because my money did not go directly to them , it was spent on my pastry . Following from this , we must ask ourselves whether
122 proponents of this type of doctrine would be willing to accept this outcome . The answer is most likely no .
It is here that , after evaluating where impartiality works and doesn ’ t work . From what has been written above there seems to be a line that we are able to draw between ‘ public life ’ and ‘ private life ’. Impartiality works when one must act as an impartial judge in a public situation like teaching or voting democratically . On the other hand , when providing for yourself or conducting your ‘ private life ’, we can see where impartiality gets in the way . It might be helpful to refer to your ‘ duty ’ or role in society when thinking about where we should apply the impartial thesis and where we should refrain from using it . For example , when carrying out your duty as a parent , it is important that you act partially and with discrimination to your own child instead of favouriting the child of another . When doing your duty as a court judge it is important to act impartially and without discrimination based on arbitrary factors . Of course , I must acknowledge