I feel my moral obligation to help if I am the only person at the pond and if there are other people present. If I were the only person near the pond, I would definitely run to the child in order to provide any possible help from my side. Even without being confident in my skills and capabilities, I would try to do everything in my power to save a person’s life. At the same time, in a situation where other people would be present, I would sensibly assess my capabilities and other people’s capabilities in terms of saving the child.
I understand that in an emergency, there is a limited amount of time to deduce an estimate, but I would make an attempt to participate in the rescue from a rational standpoint. I would try to understand how the physical capabilities of me and other people near the pond allow us to make the rescue more efficient and faster (Peden et al., 2018). Depending on the speed of the rescue, a drowning child would be more likely to survive. The ability of a person to improvise with others and allows him to understand the feelings of others and empathize with them (Decety, 2020). In the case of the drowning child, I feel the pain of loss for his parents and also the loss of human life. This is what drives me to decide to help, regardless of the situation.
In conclusion, I would use all the resources available to me to help a drowning child. In the event that I was alone near the pond, I would rush to help, and in the case of the presence of other people, I would appreciate the prospects of such assistance. Thus, no matter what happens, I believe that the life of a drowning child should be saved.
Reference
Decety, J. (2020). Empathy in medicine: What it is, and how much we really need it.The American Journal of Medicine, 133(5), 561-566.
Peden, A. E., Franklin, R. C., & Pearn, J. H. (2018). Unintentional fatal child drowning in the bath: A 12‐year Australian review (2002–2014). Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 54(2), 153-159.