ABSTRACT
This chapter contains a very brief introduction to charity donation, followed by a thought experiment. It is followed by a short discussion and then a series of questions. Giving to charity is not something that is above and beyond what can be expected of people. It is also a moral requirement on people. This is explained by the thought experiment with a case of a child drowns in a shallow river. You can easily save him. If you do, you will miss a meeting and wreck a new pair of shoes, but that is all. The questions are intended to get the philosophy students thinking about the problems. They have used these kinds of questions in seminars as the questions set for seminars, so they also think that they can be used to spark conversation and discussion. The chapter also gives a cursory sketch of some of the ways in which philosophers have responded to the thought experiment.
